Title: Literature--Structure, Sound, and Sense--Sixth Edition
First published: January 1, 1993
Description: An authoritative bestseller for over fifty years, PERRINE'S LITERATURE: STRUCTURE, SOUND, AND SENSE continues to be an essential and highly effective introduction to literature for today's students. Written for students beginning a serious study of literature, the text introduces the fundamental elements of fiction, poetry, and drama in a concise and engaging way, addressing vital questions that other texts tend to ignore, such as "Is some literature better?" and "How can it be evaluated?" A remarkable selection of classic, modern, and contemporary readings serves to illustrate the elements of literature and ensure broad appeal to students of diverse backgrounds and interests.
Subjects: Literature, Collections, Anthologies, Interpretation, Aufgabensammlung, Literatur, Littérature, history & criticism, Fiction, Hunting, Islands, survival of the fittest, animal trapping, trapping pits, knouts, hunting dogs, Cossacks, deaf-mutes, snow leopards, jaguars, Juvenile fiction, Hunting stories, Juvenile works, Human hunting, Big game sport, Travel fiction
Places: Caribbean, Amazon rainforest, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet
People: Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Whitney, Ivan, The Great White Czar
Time periods: 20th century