Mario Klarer

The fourth edition of this classic beginner’s guide to literary studies has been fully updated throughout. Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in English and world literature as well as film and television series. Starting with the basics of what constitutes a literary text, the book moves through an analysis of major genres, important periods, and key theoretical approaches to literature and film. It also looks at the practicalities of finding and referencing secondary sources when writing a research paper.The expanded new edition has been updated to include:a wider range of examples from world literature, cinema, and television seriesadditional references to contemporary streaming formatsupdated chapters on postcolonial theory, cultural studies, gender theory, feminism, and queer theorynew sections on digital humanities, ecocriticism, literary translations, and paratextsextended explanations of traditional genres, e.g., the epic, drama, and poetrya completely revised chapter on the most recent MLA guidelines with rules for citing new media formatsThe detailed glossary ensures that the book is accessible to readers of any level, making this an ideal self-study guide or a course book for Introduction to Literature classes.

The fourth edition of this classic beginner’s guide to literary studies has been fully updated throughout. Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in English and world literature as well as film and television series. Starting with the basics of what constitutes a literary text, the book moves through an analysis of major genres, important periods, and key theoretical approaches to literature and film. It also looks at the practicalities of finding and referencing secondary sources when writing a research paper.The expanded new edition has been updated to include:a wider range of examples from world literature, cinema, and television seriesadditional references to contemporary streaming formatsupdated chapters on postcolonial theory, cultural studies, gender theory, feminism, and queer theorynew sections on digital humanities, ecocriticism, literary translations, and paratextsextended explanations of traditional genres, e.g., the epic, drama, and poetrya completely revised chapter on the most recent MLA guidelines with rules for citing new media formatsThe detailed glossary ensures that the book is accessible to readers of any level, making this an ideal self-study guide or a course book for Introduction to Literature classes.

A Short Literary History of the United States offers an introduction to American Literature for students who want to acquaint themselves with the most important periods, authors, and works of American literary history. Comprehensive yet concise, it provides an essential overview of the different currents in American literature in an accessible, engaging style. This book features: the pre-colonial era to the present, including new media formatsthe evolution of literary traditions, themes, and aestheticsreadings of individual texts, contextualized within American cultural historyliterary theory in the United Statesa core reading list in American Literaturean extended glossary and study aid.This book is ideal as a companion to courses in American Literature and American Studies, or as a study aid for exams.

A Short Literary History of the United States offers an introduction to American Literature for students who want to acquaint themselves with the most important periods, authors, and works of American literary history. Comprehensive yet concise, it provides an essential overview of the different currents in American literature in an accessible, engaging style. This book features: the pre-colonial era to the present, including new media formatsthe evolution of literary traditions, themes, and aestheticsreadings of individual texts, contextualized within American cultural historyliterary theory in the United Statesa core reading list in American Literaturean extended glossary and study aid.This book is ideal as a companion to courses in American Literature and American Studies, or as a study aid for exams.

The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory.