Product Description: Widely used in introductory literature courses, this book provides valuable guidelines for interpreting literature and writing essays. It includes a thorough discussion of the 3 main literary genres--fiction, drama, and poetry, an overview of literary theory, guidelines for writing essays, procedures for writing and documenting research essays, a selection of full-length works that illustrate key points, and student essays...read more

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Product Description: This widely used text provides invaluable guidelines for reading literature creatively. The fourth edition presents various critical approaches to studying and evaluating the elements of literature, including fiction, drama and poetry.