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Literature--reading, reacting, writing
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Literature--reading, reacting, writing

Author: Laurie G Kirszner; Stephen R Mandell
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Audiobook on CD : CD audio : EnglishView all editions and formats
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[This book] is designed to demystify the study of literature and to prepare students to explore the literary works collected here. [The authors' goal is] to expand students' personal literary boundaries.-Pref.
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Material Type: Audio book, etc.
Document Type: Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Laurie G Kirszner; Stephen R Mandell
OCLC Number: 53399034
Notes: Originally published: Boston, MA : Heinle, c2004. 5th ed.
Description: 1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents: Understanding literature --
Reading and writing about literature --
Fiction: Understanding fiction; Reading and writing about fiction; Plot; Character; Setting; Point of view; Style, tone, and language; Symbol and allegory; Them; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The yellow wallpaper", a casebook for reading, research, and writing; Joyce Carol Oates's "Where are you going, where have you been?", a casebook for reading, research, and writing --
Poetry: Understanding poetry; Discovering themes in poetry; Reading and writing about poetry; Voice; Word choice, word order; Imagery; Figures of speech; Sound; Form; Symbol, allegory, allusion, myth; Poetry of Emily Dickinson, a casebook for reading, research, and writing; Poetry of Langston Hughes, a casebook for reading, research, and writing --
Drama: Understanding drama; Reading and writing about drama; Plot; Character; Staging; Theme; Tennessee Williams's The glass menagerie, a casebook for reading, research, and writing; William Shakespeare's Hamlet, a casebook for reading, research, and writing --
Writing about literature: Three special writing assignments; Writing a research paper; Using literary criticism in your writing; Writing essay exams about literature --
Appendix: Literary history, from Aristotle to the present --
Glossary of literary terms.
Responsibility: Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell.

Abstract:

[This book] is designed to demystify the study of literature and to prepare students to explore the literary works collected here. [The authors' goal is] to expand students' personal literary boundaries.-Pref.

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