Published by Pearson Higher Education (October 3, 2013) © 2014
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A Short Guide to Writing about Literature emphasises writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature.
This edition continues to offer students sound advice on how to become critical thinkers and enrich their reading response through accessible, step-by-step instruction. This highly respected text is ideal as a supplement to any course where writing about literature or literary studies is emphasised.
This edition continues to offer students sound advice on how to become critical thinkers and enrich their reading response through accessible, step-by-step instruction. This highly respected text is ideal as a supplement to any course where writing about literature or literary studies is emphasised.
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- PART 1 - Jumping In
- 2—THE WRITER AS READER: READING AND RESPONDING
- 3—THE READER AS WRITER: DRAFTING AND WRITING
- 4—TWO FORMS OF CRITICISM: EXPLICATION AND ANALYSIS
- 5–OTHER KINDS OF WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE
- PART 2 - Standing Back: Thinking Critically about Literature
- 6–LITERATURE, FORM, AND MEANING
- 7–WHAT IS INTERPRETATION?
- 8–WHAT IS EVALUATION?
- 9–WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE: AN OVERVIEW
- PART 3 - Up Close: Thinking Critically about Literary Forms
- 10—WRITING ABOUT FICTION: THE WORLD OF THE STORY
- 11–GRAPHIC FICTION
- 12–WRITING ABOUT DRAMA
- 13—WRITING ABOUT POETRY
- 14–POEMS AND PICTURES NEW
- 15–WRITING ABOUT AN AUTHOR IN DEPTH
- PART 4 Inside: Style, Format, and Special Assignments
- 16–STYLE AND FORMAT
- 17–WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER
- INDEX OF AUTHORS, TITLES, AND FIRST LINES OF POEMS
- INDEX OF TERMS