Terry Eagleton
Birth date: February 22, 1943
Terry Eagleton's Books
Surprisingly informative. These "How to Read" books are often subject to ridiculous tirades and as a result I didn't expect much. I have to note that this book didn't clarify certain elements of poetry sufficiently, at least not for me; notably metre and form. Nevertheless they have always been a we...
Eagleton manages to take an interesting topic and through postmodern academic masturbatory prose render it lifeless.
I like reading books about reading because it reinforces why I love reading so much in the first place. This was an amusing and brief book on reading classic literature. Be forewarned: this book contains major spoilers. I really don't think you can have spoilers for classics, but if you don't know ...
This is a really useful introduction to the myriad worlds of literary theory. It makes Derrida, Saussure, Freud and all those other scourges of an English student's life sound not only readable, but actually interesting! And for all those English students who, like me, are suffering an existential c...
Other thoughts/reviews: Books to the Ceiling: http://robertarood.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/nobody-would-have-an-orange-juice-with-oliver-twist-if-they-could-share-a-beer-with-fagin-how-to-read-literature-by-terry-eagleton/
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