A short guide to writing about literature - Barnet, Sylvan; Cain, William E. 1952-. (New York Longman, 2000)
Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1. Jumping In: 1. The Writer as Reader: Reading and Responding -- 2. The Reader as Writer: Drafting and Writing -- 3. Two Forms of Criticism: Explication and Analysis -- 4. Other Kinds of Writing About Literature -- Part 2. Standing Back: Thinking Critically about Literature: 5. What is Literature? -- 6. What is Interpretation? -- 7. What is Evaluation? -- 8. Writing About Literature: An Overview -- Part 3. Up Close: Thinking Critically about Literary Forms -- 9. Writing About Fiction: The World of the Story -- 10. Writing About Drama -- 11. Writing About Poetry -- 12. Writing About An Author In Depth -- 13. Writing About Film -- Part 4. Inside: Style, Format, and Special Assignments -- 14. Style and Format -- 15. Writing a Research Paper -- 16. New Approaches to the Research Paper: Literature, History, and The World Wide Web -- 17. Essay Examinations. -- Appendix A: Two Stories -- Appendix B: Literary Research: Print and Electronic Resources -- Appendix C. Glossary of Literary Terms. -- Credits. Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines of Poems. Index of Literary Terms.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-395) and indexes.
Keywords: English language -- Rhetoric; Criticism -- Authorship; Exposition (Rhetoric); Report writing