A short guide to writing about literature

by Barnet, Sylvan
Additional authors: Cain, William E.,
Series: The short guide series Edition statement:12th ed. Published by : Pearson Press (Boston ) Physical details: xxi, 384 p. : ill. 21 cm.
Subject(s): English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Criticism--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Exposition (Rhetoric)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Year: 2014 Item type: Book

Writing about literature : a crash course -- The writer as reader : reading and responding -- The reader as writer : drafting and writing -- Two forms of criticism : explication and analysis -- Other kinds of writing about literature -- Literature, form, and meaning -- What is interpretation? -- What is evaluation? -- Writing about literature : an overview -- Writing about fiction : the world of the story -- Graphic fiction -- Writing about drama -- Writing about poetry -- Poems and pictures -- Writing about an author in depth -- Style and format -- Writing a research paper -- Appendix a. two stories -- Appendix b: how much do you know about citing sources? : a quiz with answers -- Index of authors, titles, and first lines of poems -- Index of terms.

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