Studying the Novel: An Introduction

This revised and expanded edition offers practical guidance on the techniques of reading and analyzing novels, and gives examples from a wide range of novels and short stories. Explanations of complex critical approaches are given and up-to-date discussions of new theoretical developments. Advice is given on the writing of essays and the answering of examination questions, and the annotated guide to further reading has been revised and updated. Jeremy Hawthorn has also written "A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory".