TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Edgar V.
AU  - Zweig,Robert
AU  - Stotler,Darlene Stock
AU  - Lemmon,Lynn S.
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TI  - Literature: an introduction to reading and writing 
SN  - 9780132677875
AV  - PN45.L554.L584 2012 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Longman
KW  - Literature
KW  - Collections
KW  - College readers
KW  - Report writing
N1  - "Grade level: 12"--Publisher's label on cover; 2; The process of reading, responding to, and writing about literature --; Reading and writing about fiction. Fiction : an overview ; Point of view : the position or stance of the work's narrator or speaker ; Characters : the people in fiction ; Setting : the background of place, objects, and culture in stories ; Structure : the organization of stories ; Tone and style : the words that convey attitudes in fiction ; Symbolism and allegory : keys to extended meaning ; Idea or theme : the meaning and the message in fiction ; A career in fiction : four stories by Edgar A. Poe with critical readings for research ; Ten stories for additional enjoyment and study ; Writing a research essay on fiction --; Reading and writing about poetry. Meeting poetry : an overview ; Words : the building blocks of poetry ; Characters and setting : who, what, where, and when in poetry ; Imagery : the poem's link to the senses --; Figures of speech or metaphorical language : a source of depth and range in poetry ; Tone : the creation of attitude in poetry ; Prosody : sound, rhythm, and rhyme in poetry ; Form : the shape of poems ; Symbolism and allusion : windows to wide expanses of meaning ; Myths : systems of symbolic allusion in poetry ; Four major American poets : Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and Sylvia Plath ; One hundred twelve poems for additional enjoyment and study ; Writing a research essay on poetry --; Reading and writing about drama. The dramatic vision : an overview ; The tragic vision : affirmation through loss ; The comic vision : restoring the balance ; Visions of dramatic reality and nonreality : varying the idea of drama as imitation ; Henrick Ibsen and the realistic problem play : A dollhouse ; Writing a research essay on drama --; Special writing topics about literature. Critical approaches important in the study of literature ; Three types of writing about literature ; Taking examinations on literature --; Appendixes. I. Dramatic vision on film : from the silver screen to the world of digital fantasy --; II. MLA recommendations for documenting sources; 2
N2  - Excellent text linking these two essential skills using the best technique--Story Telling --
ER  -