An introduction to the nature and functions of literary texts and the ways in which they are invested with meaning, with a focus on the skills necessary for reading and writing critically about them.

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Writing ? and indeed thinking ? about working-class literature presents a number of unique problems. To begin with, what do we mean by “working-class literature”? Literature about working-class people ...