TY - BOOK AU - Barnet, Sylvan AU - Cain, William E., TI - A short guide to writing about literature AV - PE1479.C7 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson Press KW - English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Criticism--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Exposition (Rhetoric)--Handbooks, manuals, etc N1 - 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 ER -