Short Guide to Writing about Literature, A
Pearson New International Edition
12th Edition
Published on 3. October 2013
392 pages
978-1-292-05644-9 (ISBN)
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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.
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Edition
12th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hallbergmoos
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-292-05644-9 (9781292056449)
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Sylvan Barnet | William Cain
Short Guide to Writing about Literature, A
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12th Edition
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Persons
Sylvan Barnet, is a former Fletcher Professor of English Emeritus and director of writing at Tufts University. Barnet is the author of numerous books and articles on Shakespeare. He was the general editor of the Signet Classics Shakespeare, the author of A Short Guide for Writing about Art, and has written many textbooks about literature and drama. He is the co-author with William Burto of occasional essays on aspects of Japanese art. He has also written books about the art of writing. William E. Cain is Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of English at Wellesley College. Among his many publications is a monograph on American literary and cultural criticism, 1900-1945, in The Cambridge History of American Literature, vol. 5 (2003). He is a co-editor of the Norton Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism, and with Sylvan Barnet, he co-authored a wide variety of books on literature and composition. His recent publications include essays on Ralph Ellison, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Shakespeare, Edith Wharton, and Willa Cather.
Content
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
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
