Writing About Literature - Softcover

Roberts, Edgar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205230318 ISBN 13: 9780205230310

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

Wr iting about Literature serves as a hands-on guide for writing about literature, thus reinforcing the integration of literature and composition.  Reading literature encourages students to think and using literary topics gives instructors an effective way to combine writing and literary study.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In this Eighth Edition of Writing About Literature, Roberts has kept and strengthened the features that have brought this textbook such acclaim in previous editions, while bringing other areas of both content and strategy through almost total revision. The text provides comprehensive discussions and sample papers for students who are writing about the elements of literature.

From the Back Cover:

This book provides comprehensive discussions and sample papers for students who are writing about the elements of literature. Covering a wide range of literary topics, it utilizes a process approach to writing. All chapters contain discussions of important literary subjects—such as character, setting, and symbolism—followed by a guide to the necessary steps for students to produce good essays. The Ninth Edition maintains and strengthens the features that have brought this book such acclaim in previous editions, while expanding and enhancing both content and strategy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0205230318
• ISBN 13: 9780205230310
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400