Literature Student's Survival Kit What Every Reader Needs to Know

Name: Literature Student's Survival Kit What Every Reader Needs to Know
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ISBN: 9781405122856

ISBN-10: 1405122854

ISBN-13: 9781405122856

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Ian Littlewood

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Who was Absalom? What was Deism? When was the Industrial Revolution? How do you tell a strong rhyme from a weak? And what do you do when panic sets in at the approach of exams? The Literature Studentrsquo;s Survival Kit gives students embarking on a literature degree all the background information they need to stay afloat. It brings together the essential biblical, classical, historical, and academic material in a one-stop reference book that includes: bull; bull;An overview of the Bible, its books, characters, episodes, and places. bull;A guide to classical mythology. bull;Timelines that situate literary figures in relation to historical events and key social, cultural, and linguistic…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/3/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.05" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


List of Maps



Surviving the Bible


Books of the Bible


Historical Framework


The Bible in English


Dictionary



Surviving the Classics


Dictionary



Surviving History


Timelines


Dictionary of Background Information


The Roman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses


The Tudors to the Commonwealth


The Restoration to the American Revolution


The Romantics and the Nineteenth Century


The Twentieth Century


Fifty Dates


English Monarchs



Surviving the Academy


Reading about Literature


Literary Terms


Poetry


Roman Numerals


The Critical Background


Writing about Literature


A Survivor's Guide to Punctuation


A Survivor's Guide to Grammatical Terms


A Survivor's Guide to Fifty Common Errors


A Survivor's Guide to Writing Essays


A Survivor's Guide to Exams


Index