The Bedford introduction to literature : reading, thinking, writing / [edited by] Michael Meyer.

By:

Meyer Micheal(ed.)

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TextPublication details: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999.Edition: 5th edDescription: xliii, 2188 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0312171404

ISSN:

9780312171407

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LOC classification:

PN6014 .B43

Contents:

Introduction: reading imaginative literature -- Reading fiction -- Writing about fiction -- Plot -- Character -- Setting -- Point of view -- Symbolism -- Theme -- Style, tone, and irony -- A study of three authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Munro -- Critical case study: William Faulkner's "Barn burning" -- Critical case study: James Joyce's "Eveline" -- A collection of stories -- Reading poetry -- Writing about poetry -- Word choice, word order, and tone -- Images -- Figures of speech -- Symbol, allegory, and irony -- Sounds -- Patterns of rhythm -- Poetic forms -- Open form -- A study of three poets: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes -- Critical case study: T.S. Eliot's "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock" -- Cultural case study: Julia Alvarez's "Queens, 1963" -- Reading drama -- Writing about drama -- A study of Sophocles -- A study of William Shakespeare -- Modern drama -- Critical case study: Henrik Ibsen's A doll house -- Experimental trends in drama -- Cultural case study: David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly -- A collection of plays -- Critical strategies for reading -- Reading and writing -- The literary research paper -- Taking essay examinations.

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Includes Index

Introduction: reading imaginative literature --
Reading fiction --
Writing about fiction --
Plot --
Character --
Setting --
Point of view --
Symbolism --
Theme --
Style, tone, and irony --
A study of three authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Munro --
Critical case study: William Faulkner's "Barn burning" --
Critical case study: James Joyce's "Eveline" --
A collection of stories --
Reading poetry --
Writing about poetry --
Word choice, word order, and tone --
Images --
Figures of speech --
Symbol, allegory, and irony --
Sounds --
Patterns of rhythm --
Poetic forms --
Open form --
A study of three poets: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes --
Critical case study: T.S. Eliot's "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock" --
Cultural case study: Julia Alvarez's "Queens, 1963" --
Reading drama --
Writing about drama --
A study of Sophocles --
A study of William Shakespeare --
Modern drama --
Critical case study: Henrik Ibsen's A doll house --
Experimental trends in drama --
Cultural case study: David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly --
A collection of plays --
Critical strategies for reading --
Reading and writing --
The literary research paper --
Taking essay examinations.

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