Janet Maybin

The completion of this book of essays marks the end of my course (almost). Just an essay and an assessment to write.

There were some very interesting essays contained in here, got me thinking a lot about the depths of children's literature.

A companion to "English: History, Diversity and Change", and like it an introductory text made up of essays by various writers. This one focuses on how English is used in various context -- everyday conversation, the workplace, rhetoric, literature, and so on. I found it mildly interesting, but very repetitive, with a strong tendency to focus on the obvious. Also, it is old enough (1992) so that issues created by the use of English in electronic media are barely touched upon.