A short guide to writing about literature. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sylvan Barnet, William E. Cain.
• Other Names: Barnet, Sylvan; Cain, William E, 1952-
• Contents: Writing about literature : a crash course -- The writer as reader : reading and responding -- The reader as writer : drafting and writing -- Two forms of criticism : explication and analysis -- Other kinds of writing about literature -- Literature, form, and meaning -- What is interpretation? -- What is evaluation? -- Writing about literature : an overview -- Writing about fiction : the world of the story -- Graphic fiction -- Writing about drama -- Writing about poetry -- Poems and pictures -- Writing about an author in depth -- Style and format -- Writing a research paper -- Appendix a. two stories -- Appendix b: how much do you know about citing sources? : a quiz with answers -- Index of authors, titles, and first lines of poems -- Index of terms.
• Publisher Details: Harlow, United Kingdom : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (392 pages)
• Subjects: 808.0668; English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Criticism -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Criticism -- Authorship; English language -- Rhetoric; Exposition (Rhetoric); Literature -- Theory, etc; Report writing; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781292056449; 1292056444
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