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Writing About Literature: A Portable Guide

by Janet E. Gardner

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Writing about Literature 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 Bedford/St. Martin’s popular series of Portable Anthologies and Guides offers the series’ trademark combination of high quality and great value for teachers looking to show more assign supplementary instruction on reading and writing about literature to their students. show less

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Published: 2003
Genre: Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 808.0668
LCC: PE1479 .C7 .G36

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