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Dunnigan  \n8 Poetry and History Greg Walker  \n9 Vernacular Poetry  \nColin Nicholson  \nvii  \n3  \n16  \n25  \n37  \n47  \n57  \n67  \n78  \n88  \nvi Contents  \nSection III – Narrative  \n10 Genre and Form: The Short Story 101 Kenneth Millard  \n11 Narrative Language 110 Keith Hughes  \n12 Narrative Structure and Technique 120 Randall Stevenson  \n13 Constructing Character 129 Rajorshi Chakraborti  \n14 Narrative, Society and History 139 Aaron Kelly  \n15 Life Writing 148 Laura Marcus  \nSection IV – Drama  \n16 Introducing Drama 161 Roger Savage  \n17 Text and Performance 171 Olga Taxidou  \n18 Tragedy 180 Simon Malpas  \n19 Comedy 189 Jonathan Wild  \n20 History and Politics 199 Dermot Cavanagh  \n21 Sex, Gender and Performance 208 Suzanne Trill  \nSection V – Reading, Writing, Reflecting  \n22 Reading 223 Anna Vaninskaya  \n23 Writing an Essay 228 David Farrier  \n24 Reflecting 234 Paul Crosthwaite  \nWorks Cited 239  \nNotes on Contributors 249  \nIndex 254  \nPreface to the Second Edition  \nReading literature offers us diverse and abiding pleasures and can be rewarding in a great variety of ways. Such pleasures, though, can be enhanced, sustained and deepened by the critical study of literature, and such study can be an absorbing, challenging and enriching experience in itself. This book aims to open the door to such experience and to give a glimpse of its rewards. Expert, thorough, up to date and easy to follow, the chapters which follow provide a straightforward and effective launch-pad towards increasing your enjoyment and broadening your understanding of literature. Anyone wishing to become a more insightful and informed reader will find practical and lasting guidance throughout these pages. If you are studying literature formally as part of a course or for a degree, this book will also impart the skills and knowledge required to begin a more advanced programme of study.  \nOne reason literature matters is its longevity as a practice and an art form. In this book, we have drawn on a wide variety of examples from different periods. 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