{"product_id":"the-literature-students-survival-kit-9781405122856","title":"The Literature Students Survival Kit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho was Jezebel? What was the Wooden Horse? When was the Enlightenment? Who were the Luddites? And what is blank verse? \u003ci\u003eThe Literature Student's Survival Kit\u003c\/i\u003e gives students about to embark on a literature degree all the background information they need to stay afloat. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigned to help literature students stay afloat in their studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together the biblical, classical, historical and academic information that literature students need\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of the Bible, its books, characters, episodes and places.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a guide to classical mythology\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures timelines that situate literary figures in relation to historical events and key social, cultural and linguistic changes\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents essential information on individuals, events, movements, and concepts that had an impact on the literature of each period\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes glossaries of literary and critical\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What do Shadrach, Meshach, Abdegno and the Private of the Buffs have in common? What are Tabitha or Hecuba for you? When did the Porteous riots begin, when was the hearth tax abandoned? Littlewood’s \u003ci\u003eSurvival Kit\u003c\/i\u003e provides all the answers to similar vexing questions, queries that students and teachers alike won’t have time to “google” accurately. This is the best and most up-to-date compendium of essential facts drawn from Biblical lore, universal history, literary chronologies, lists of tropes and poetic movements...a desperately needed survival kit for those who face our current mixture of information overload and short term memory.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ.M. Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Literature Student's Survival Kit is a remarkably useful collection of information of sure value to many students of literature. Written in a measured way, it presents with both clarity and grace a wide but manageable range of knowledge--historical, political, cultural, biographical, mythological, theological--that will help open up the textures of literary texts, past and present, for readers without that information already at their fingertips. Littlewood's text offers the kind of knowledge--accessibly laid out, accessibly written--that a reader so often needs to know in order to enable informed and sensitive literary interpretation. A book not only valuable but enjoyable too.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancis O'Gorman, University of Leeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is exactly the kind of book I wish I'd had as a student. It introduces and explains the unfamiliar: the Bible, classics, history. A remarkable combination of explanation, encyclopedia, glossary and database--an indispensable vade mecum. It contains fascinating insights as well as useful facts. How can a reference work be so readable?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaurie Maguire, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This really is a remarkably useful little book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Surviving the Bible\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBooks of the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical Framework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible in English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDictionary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Surviving the Classics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDictionary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Surviving History.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimelines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDictionary of Background Information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tudors to the Commonwealth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Restoration to the American Revoluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Romantics and the Nineteenth Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Twentieth Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifty Dates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglish Monarchs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Surviving the Academy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading about Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetry: Poetic Forms, Rhyme, Meter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoman Numerals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Critical Background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting about Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurvival-level Punctuation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Survivor's Guide to Grammatical Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Survivor’s Guide to Fifty Common Errors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Survivor’s Guide to Writing Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407860965719,"sku":"9781405122856","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405122856.jpg?v=1730500770","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-literature-students-survival-kit-9781405122856","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}