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Description Part of Longman's successful Short Guide Series, A Short Guide to Writing about Literature emphasizes writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature. The twelfth edition continues to offer students sound advice on how to become critical thinkers and enrich their reading response through accessible, step-by-step instruction. This highly respected text is ideal as a supplement to any course where writing about literature or literary studies is emphasized.

This product accompanies. • Part I (Chs. 1-5) emphasizes the close connections between reading and w riting, reflecting the need for good writers to be effective, analytic readers. • Part II (Chs.

6-9) offers strategies and practical guidelines for understanding how literature 'works' (form and meaning), and for understanding the differences between interpretation and evaluation. • Part III (Chs. 10-15) explores the differences between writing about fiction, drama, and poetry, and includes an in-depth look at the writing of a single author (Langston Hughes). • Part IV (Chs. 16-17) offers guidance for writing academic papers including research and formatting. • Appendices include two stories that are the subjects of student essays in the book, a glossary of literary terms, and a quick review quiz. • A wealth of student papers, including preliminary notes, drafts, and revisions of drafts appear throughout the book.

• Checklists on a variety of topics offer brief, effective guidelines. • A new chapter on graphic novels (Ch. 11) offers guidance for writing about a fast-emerging genre. • A new chapter on writing about poems and pictures (Ch. 14) lexplores the challenges of assignments that ask for comparisons of these two genres.

• New selections include works by Gwendolyn Brooks, William Blake, Robert Frost, and Anne Sexton, as well as the Parable of the Prodigal Son. • Several new sample texts for analysis and interpretation appear throughout (see particularly Chs. • A new section on synthesis (Ch. 17) encourages students to understand and practice this critical skill. • A new appendix on plagiarism--including a quick self-review quiz--enables student to test themselves on their use of sources.