A short guide to writing about literature
By: Sylvan Barnet, William E. Cain
Contributors: Cain, William E., 1952-
Edition: 12th ed.
Series: The short guide series
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780205118458
Subjects: Criticism; Rhetoric; Literature; Theory; History and criticism; Handbooks, manuals; Report writing; Exposition (Rhetoric); English language; Authorship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Writing about literature : a crash course; title: The writer as reader : reading and responding; title: The reader as writer : drafting and writing; title: Two forms of criticism : explication and analysis; title: Other kinds of writing about literature; title: Literature, form, and meaning; title: What is interpretation?; title: What is evaluation?; title: Writing about literature : an overview; title: Writing about fiction : the world of the story; title: Graphic fiction; title: Writing about drama; title: Writing about poetry; title: Poems and pictures; title: Writing about an author in depth; title: Style and format; title: Writing a research paper; title: Appendix a. two stories; title: Appendix b: how much do you know about citing sources? : a quiz with answers; title: Index of authors, titles, and first lines of poems; title: Index of terms.