{"title":"Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eBlackwell Guides to Criticism\u003c\/strong\u003e series offers insightful analysis across diverse fields, inviting readers to engage deeply with critical perspectives in philosophy, psychology, business, and history. Each volume encourages thoughtful examination, blending theoretical frameworks with real-world applications to enrich understanding and foster intellectual curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether exploring complex ideas in finance, health, or technology, this collection provides accessible yet rigorous commentary. Readers seeking to expand their critical thinking skills will find these guides a valuable resource for navigating contemporary debates and challenges across multiple disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"old-english-literature-by-john-d-niles-9780631220572","title":"Old English Literature","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis review of the critical reception of \u003ci\u003eOld English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts, surveying the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt examines notable works and authors from the period, including \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature. The discussion reinforces key perspectives with excerpts from ten critical studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book addresses questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as style, gender, genre, and theme. It embraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field by referencing historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463958708460,"sku":"9780631220572","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780631220572-old-english-literature.jpg?v=1775037370"},{"product_id":"the-victorian-novel-9780631227045","title":"The Victorian Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis guide looks at how \u003cem\u003eThe Victorian Novel\u003c\/em\u003e has been read over the past hundred years. Unlike other critical guides, it not only provides students with examples of significant strands of criticism, but also helps them to make sense of these articles and extracts by means of a narrative and critical framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe novelists referred to are the acknowledged great names of Victorian fiction, including the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA short opening section describing and representing early critical responses is complemented by a longer second section looking at current themes in criticism, such as genre, gender, politics, science, language, the canon, and modes of production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume as a whole enhances students' critical repertoire, encourages them to recognise the situatedness of all criticism, and helps them to engage with critical debates about the Victorian novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471849144556,"sku":"9780631227045","price":97.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/31cac86d2c52ca22df4db832b787b6fb.jpg?v=1775693828"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-blackwell-guides-to-criticism.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}