ISBN: 1457638495 9781457638497

Category: Literary Collections / General

Page count: 256

Far less expensive than comparable guides, <i>Reading and Writing about Literature: A Portable Guide</i> is an ideal supplement for writing courses where literature anthologies and individual literary works that lack writing instruction are assigned. This brief guide<i> </i>introduces strategies for reading literature, explains the writing process and common writing assignments for literature courses, provides instruction in writing about fiction, poetry, and drama, and includes coverage of writing a research paper and of literary criticism and theory. This volume in the popular Bedford/St. Martin's series of Portable Anthologies and Guides offers a trademark combination of high quality and great value.<br>