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Short Guide to Writing About Literature, A, 10/E
Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University
William E. Cain, Wellesley College

ISBN-10: 0321330730
ISBN-13: 9780321330734

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 400 pp
Published: 03/23/2005

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Part of Longman's successful Short Guide Series, A Short Guide to Writing about Literature, Tenth Edition, emphasizes writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature.

The tenth 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 emphasized.

  • Provides the apparatus, background, and critical help needed when writing about literature.
  • Part I contains four chapters emphasizing the close connection between reading and writing.
  • Part II contains four chapters on thinking critically about literature.
  • Part III contains four chapters about fiction, drama, and poetry.
  • Part IV covers style and format, the research paper, and electronic sources.
  • Three appendices include two stories that are the subject of student essays in the book, additional information on print and electronic resources, and a glossary of literary terms
  • Numerous examples of preliminary notes, drafts, and revisions of drafts appear throughout the book.
  • Provides lists of questions students can ask themselves about a given literary work.
  • Includes checklists to assist in evaluating drafts.   

  • Chapter 1 , What Is Literature, and Why Write About It? is entirely new, and it helps students identify why the course and book are necessary and rewarding.  
  • Chapter 2 features new coverage about critical thinking.
  • Epigraphs have been added to the beginning of each chapter to engage the attention of students and instructors.
  • Seventeen “Rules for Writers” have been distributed throughout various chapters. Tips and practical suggestions are highlighted throughout the text, reinforcing the key concepts in each chapter.    
  • The new edition has added two poems , one by Emily Dickinson and one by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and a fable by Aesop.

I. JUMPING IN. 

1. What is Literature, and Why Write About It?

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.

 

II. 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.

 

III. UP CLOSE: THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT LITERARY FORMS.

10. Writing About Fiction: The World of the Story.

11. Writing About Drama.

12. Writing About Poetry.

13. Writing About an Author in Depth.

 

IV. INSIDE: STYLE, FORMAT, AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS.

14. Style and Format.

15. Writing a Research Paper.

 

Appendix A: Two Stories.

    James Joyce, Araby.

    Eudora Welty, A Worn Path.

Appendix B: Literary Research: Print and Electronic Resources.

Appendix C: Glossary of Literary Terms.

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    The eleventh 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 emphasized.
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