Writing About Literature (Brief)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131540564 ISBN 13: 9780131540569

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

Writing about Literature serves as a hands-on guide for writing about literature, thus justifying the integration of literature and composition.  The reading of literature encourages students to think, and the use of literary topics gives instructors a viable way to combine writing and literary study.

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.