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Part of Longman's successful Short Guide Series, A Short Guide to Writing about Literature emphasizes writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature. The twelfth 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. Part I (Chs. 1-5) emphasizes the close connections between reading and writing, reflecting the need for good writers to be effective, analytic readers. Part II (Chs. 6-9) offers strategies and practical guidelines for understanding how literature "works" (form and meaning), and for understanding the differences between interpretation and evaluation. Part III (Chs. 10-15) explores the differences between writing about fiction, drama, and poetry, and includes an in-depth look at the writing of a single author (Langston Hughes). Part IV (Chs. 16-17) offers guidance for writing academic papers including research and formatting. Appendices include two stories that are the subjects of student essays in the book, a glossary of literary terms, and a quick review quiz. A wealth of student papers, including preliminary notes, drafts, and revisions of drafts appear throughout the book. Checklists on a variety of topics offer brief, effective guidelines. - Publisher.
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Criticism, Academic writing, Rhetoric, Literature, Theory, History and criticism, Handbooks, manuals, Style manuals, Report writing, Exposition (Rhetoric), English language, Authorship, Literary studies: general, Writing skills, Literary Criticism, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Composition & Creative Writing - Academic, General, Literary Criticism & Collections / General, Handbooks, manuals, etc, Theory, etc., Interpretation, Literatur, Englischunterricht, English language, rhetoric, Literature, history and criticism, Creative writing, Authorship, handbooks, manuals, etc.Showing 8 featured editions. View all 24 editions?
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A short guide to writing about literature
2012, Pearson
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- 12th ed.
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A short guide to writing about literature
2005, Pearson/Longman
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- 10th ed.
0321330730 9780321330734
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A short guide to writing about literature
2000, Longman
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0321026500 9780321026507
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A short guide to writing about literature
1997, Addison-Wesley Publishers, Pearson Education Canada
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0673525333 9780673525338
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A short guide to writing about literature
1996, HarperCollins College Publishers
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- 7th ed.
0673523950 9780673523952
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A short guide to writing about literature
1992, HarperCollins
in English
- 6th ed.
0673521273 9780673521279
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A short guide towriting about literature
1986, Batsford Academic and Educational
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0713449020 9780713449020
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Previous ed. 1979.
This ed. originally published, Boston, Mass., Little, Brown and Company, 1985.
Includes index.
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