--- product_id: 62854936 title: "50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know Hardcover – 6 Jan. 2010" brand: "john sutherland" price: "VT7522" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/62854936-50-literature-ideas-you-really-need-to-know-hardcover-6 store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know Hardcover – 6 Jan. 2010 **Brand:** john sutherland **Price:** VT7522 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know Hardcover – 6 Jan. 2010 by john sutherland - **How much does it cost?** VT7522 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/62854936-50-literature-ideas-you-really-need-to-know-hardcover-6) ## Best For - john sutherland enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted john sutherland brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know Hardcover – 6 Jan. 2010 - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51AbgdbCKVL.jpg) ![50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know Hardcover – 6 Jan. 2010 - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51AXhDjvGLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Not what I expected - rather a disappointment! *by S***O on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2013* As an enthusiastic English teacher, linguist and lover of the language, I generally find this kind of book utterly fascinating and enjoyable to read; and even though I don't always learn anything entirely new, it's always good to find a different angle on a complex or controversial litcrit concept. This new text book has left me wanting and quite frustrated. The explanations are simply far too short or even too obscure themselves to be clear; I'm left sometimes wondering even whether the author really "gets it" but that is unlikely given his status.It's the first time I've ever considered returning a book to Amazon. If I'd looked at it first, its weaknesses would have been quickly clear and would prevented me buying it. There are many far clearer guides available, even if less stylish and modern in design and style. If you are needing to dip your toes in the often murky waters of lit crit for A level or university, or are a general reader keen on such fascinating things, I do feel that this guide is unlikely to be very useful and might even make you feel rather belittled and confused, needlessly and wrongly. The explanations are not only too brief, they often, and in my view most importantly, lack clarity. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bite-sized literary knowledge *by G***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2017* John Sutherland has taken a complex theme and made it simple to read in 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know (2010).Whether you’re a book worm consuming Virginia Woolf’s superb body of work or just starting to read your first airport page turning novel, Sutherland’s book will help you enjoy reading on a deeper level. He offers fifty different thoughts about what makes literature or what is involved in literature, and writes them in a coherent fashion that can be consumed, remembered and appreciated when next reading. He talks about well know ideas such as “genre”, and travels into less trodden areas of “defamiliarization”, “deconstruction” and “postmodernism” to name only a couple.What makes this non-fiction book so easy to consume is its structure. Each idea consists of only four short pages, each page arranged in the same way: giving a brief overview of the idea, an insight into the history of the idea, a deeper dive into what the idea is, and finally a condensed idea.A nice companion book to Sutherland’s would be John Mullan’s How Novels Work (2006), another simple read talking about literature in a way that is a pleasure to consume.50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know is a pleasant book that talks about important components of literature that is often difficult to understand, and makes them digestible to anyone with a passion for reading. This would be a great first book for someone partaking a literature or writing course, and would benefit any reader. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Use with caution *by R***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2014* This was fun to read and might be helpful to a complele beginner. However it is necessarily very superficial and can be annoying - eg the fact that Paul de Man turned out to have been a Nazi doesn't have anything to do with the value or otherwise of structuralism! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/62854936-50-literature-ideas-you-really-need-to-know-hardcover-6](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/62854936-50-literature-ideas-you-really-need-to-know-hardcover-6) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*