A Short Guide to Writing About Literature - Softcover

Barnet, Sylvan; Cain, William E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321330730 ISBN 13: 9780321330734

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Emphasizing writing as a process and incorporating current critical approaches to literature, the seventh edition of Sylvan Barner's classic text A Short Guide to Writing about Literature offers students step-by-step guidance for writing effective essays. This supplementary text, praised for its accessibility and practicality, includes coverage of fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and film; student essays in each of these genres; and a glossary of critical terms for quick reference. Working from the assumption that good writers are good readers, it begins by offering advice on how students can enrich their reading responses-for instance, by annotating a text or keeping a journal. It then goes on to show students how to formulate ideas for papers and how to develop those ideas into strong, finished essays.

New features of this edition include:

• chapters on critical approaches and evaluation of literature
• expanded checklists for writing and reading
• a new sample research paper
• the most current MLA guidelines

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321330730
• ISBN 13: 9780321330734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400