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Tables of Contents for Literature and Its Writers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface for Instructors
v
 
Introduction: Literature and Its Writers
xxxix
 
Part One FICTION
1
870
What Is a Short Story?
3
4
The Elements of Fiction: A Storyteller's Means
7
11
Storytellers and History
18
3
Storyteller to Storyteller
21
5
Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Short Fiction
26
5
Stories and Storytellers
31
695
Commentaries on Stories and Storytellers
726
88
Casebooks on Stories and Storytellers
814
57
Casebook on Raymond Carver
814
18
Casebook on Sandra Cisneros
832
15
Casebook on Flannery O'Connor
847
24
Part Two POETRY
871
508
What Is a Poem?
873
8
The Elements of Poetry: A Poet's Means
881
18
The Elements of Poetry: A Poet's Meanings
899
20
The Types of Poetry: A Poet's Forms
919
36
The Types of Poetry: Other Poetic Forms
955
19
Poets and History
974
24
Poet to Poet
998
13
Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Poetry
1011
6
Poems and Poets
1017
214
Commentaries on Poetry and Poets
1231
102
Casebooks on Poetry and Poets
1333
46
Casebook on Emily Dickinson
1333
18
Casebook on Robert Frost
1351
10
Casebook on Langston Hughes
1361
6
Casebook on Sylvia Plath
1367
12
Part Three DRAMA
1379
752
What Is a Play?
1381
5
The Elements of Drama: A Playwright's Means
1386
19
Playwrights and History
1405
2
Playwright to Playwright
1407
4
Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Drama
1411
5
Plays and Playwrights
1416
544
Commentaries on Plays and Playwrights
1960
78
Casebooks on Plays and Playwrights
2038
93
Casebook on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
2038
28
Casebook on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
2066
15
Appendix: Writing about Literature
2081
50
Index of First Lines
2131
5
Index of Authors and Titles
2136