English

For Creative Writing as well as General English courses.

This handbook is the perfect reference for beginning creative writers. It offers abundant illustrations, exercises, and useful techniques in all genres. While emphasizing problem-solving and the mastery of literary conventions, this handbook also takes the apprentice writer on a journey from inspiration to revision.

• NEW - Updated examples of effective stories, essays, poems and plays.

  • Explores the work of “classic” modern as well as active contemporary writers.

• An extensive look at issues—Includes attitudes, habits, journal-keeping, point of view, language, invention and research, and more.

  • Presents students with the fundamental issues that are of importance to every creative writer.

• Multiple exercises on each issue and genre explored—Includes many that are connected to the sample writing.

  • Involves students in the conventions and methods of literary craft, offering guidelines that may spark raw material worth developing into poems, stories, personal essays, or plays.

• Updated examples of effective stories, essays, poems and plays.

  • Explores the work of “classic” modern as well as active contemporary writers.

I. A WRITER'S CONCERNS.

II. THE CONCERNS OF THE POET.

III. THE CONCERNS OF THE STORYTELLER.

IV. THE CONCERNS OF THE PLAYWRIGHT.

V. THE WRITER'S BUSINESS.

Creative Writing - General  (Literature & Creative Writing)

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  Creative Writer's Handbook, 5/E
  Jason & Lefcowitz
  ©2010 | Longman | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136050522 | ISBN-13: 9780136050520
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  For Creative Writing courses.

  This handbook is the perfect reference for beginning creative writers. It offers abundant illustrations, exercises, and useful techniques in all genres. While emphasizing problem-solving and the mastery of literary conventions, this handbook also takes the apprentice writer on a journey from inspiration to revision.

Instructor's Manual (online), 4/E
Jason
©2005 | Longman | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131893726 | ISBN-13: 9780131893726
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Analyzing Literature: A Guide for Students (Valuepack item only), 2/E
McGee
©2002 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321093380 | ISBN-13: 9780321093387
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Essential Study Card for Grammar and Documentation
Longman
©2007 | Longman | Study Card; 10 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321463137 | ISBN-13: 9780321463135

Evaluating Plays on Film and Video (ValuePack Item Only)
Welsh & Morawski
©2004 | Longman | Paper; 78 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321187946 | ISBN-13: 9780321187949

Evaluating a Performance
Greenwald
©2002 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321095413 | ISBN-13: 9780321095411

Glossary of Literary and Critical Terms (Valuepack item only), A
Jacobs
©2003 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321126912 | ISBN-13: 9780321126917

InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005 | Longman | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205436951 | ISBN-13: 9780205436958

Longman Electronic Testbank for Literature (CD ROM version), The
Jacobs
©2003 | Longman | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321143140 | ISBN-13: 9780321143143
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Longman Electronic Testbank for Literature (printed version), The
Jacobs
©2003 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321143124 | ISBN-13: 9780321143129
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Longman Journal for Creative Writing (Valuepack item only)
Johnston
©2002 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321095405 | ISBN-13: 9780321095404

Longman Literature Timeline (Generic Laminated Grid) (Valuepack item only), The
Jacobs
©2003 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321143159 | ISBN-13: 9780321143150

MLA Documentation Style Guide: A Concise Guide for Students (Valuepack Item Only), 2/E
Greer
©2004 | Longman | Paper; 50 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321243579 | ISBN-13: 9780321243577

Merriam Webster's Reader's Handbook: Your Complete Guide to Literary Terms
Webster
©2001 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321105419 | ISBN-13: 9780321105417

MyLiteratureLab Student Access Code Card (for valuepacks)
Pearson
©2009 | Longman | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205696252 | ISBN-13: 9780205696253
URL:  http://www.myliteraturelab.com

New American Webster Handy College Dictionary, The, 3/E
Penguin
©1998 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0451181662 | ISBN-13: 9780451181664

ResearchNavigator.com Guide: English (Valuepack item only)
Branscomb & Trim
©2007 | Longman | Paper; 80 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321496019 | ISBN-13: 9780321496010

Responding to Literature: A Writer's Journal (Valuepack Item Only)
Kline
©2002 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321095421 | ISBN-13: 9780321095428

Student's Guide to Getting Published, A
Swartwout & Elledge
©2003 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321117794 | ISBN-13: 9780321117793
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Teaching Literature Online, 2/E
Kline
©2002 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321106180 | ISBN-13: 9780321106186
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Workshop Guide to Creative Writing, A (Valuepack item only)
Johnston
©2002 | Longman | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321095391 | ISBN-13: 9780321095398

iClicker Classroom Response System
iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008 | Longman | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205594506 | ISBN-13: 9780205594504

MyLiteratureLab Student Access Code Card (Standalone)
Pearson
©2009 | Longman | Access Code Card | Estimated Availability : 10/01/2009
ISBN-10: 0205696244 | ISBN-13: 9780205696246
URL:  http://www.myliteraturelab.com

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