Writing About Literature With 2009 Mla Update

Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. 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 assign supplementary instruction on reading and writing about literature to their students.

"The Editor's purpose and approach seems to be similar to my goals in finding a text for an introductory literature classroom: having apparatus but not weaving it through the whole text, including depth and diversity of authors, using themes to guide students into the wonders of literature while making it easier to understand by (thematic) context. They also emphasize the connectedness between literature and culture, giving the text social and political dimensions that I value..." --ElyceRaeHelford, Middle Tennessee State University This thematic anthology features comprehensive writing coverage that highlights both the writing process and how to write about fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. It introduces and explains literature with reading selections centered on five enduring themes-Growing Up and Growing Older, Women and Men, Money and Work, Peace and War, and Varieties of Protest.