Writing about Literature: A Guide for the Student Critic
by W. F. Garrett-Petts
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Writing About Literature is the first undergraduate text to integrate recent genre theory and a "writing in the disciplines" approach to the teaching of critical writing. While encouraging students to develop and value their own interpretations, the text helps undergraduates understand the rhetorical and institutional conventions of critical writing. A cross between a rhetoric and a casebook, Writing About Literature provides clear, practical advice and accessible models for writing critical show more essays on literature-on prose fiction in particular. This book offers students an insider's guide to the language, issues, approaches, styles, assumptions, and traditions that inform the writing of successful critical essays. show lessTags
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- Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
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- 808.0668 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Rhetoric and anthologies By Type Of Writing Writing non-fiction (by topic) Writing about literature
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- PE1479 .C7 .G37 — Language and Literature English language English Modern English
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