Table of Contents

Chapter 1 what is ‘Literature’?; Chapter 2 What has ‘Literature’ Been?; Chapter 3 What has Happened to ‘Literature’?; Chapter 4 What is ‘The Literary’?; Chapter 5 The Uses of ‘The Literary’; Chapter 6 Watch this Space;

About the Author

Peter Widdowson is Professor of Literature at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. He edited Re-Reading English, and is the author of books on Thomas Hardy, E.M. Forster and contemporary literary theory.

Reviews

"Recommended to undergraduate and graduate collections of literary theory."
-Choice, July/August '99