Ways in: Approaches to Reading and Writing About Literature - Couverture souple

Muller, Gilbert H.; Rutgers, John; Williams, John A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0070442037 ISBN 13 : 9780070442030

Editeur : McGraw Hill Higher Education, 1994

Synopsis

This text is designed for introductory courses to literature studies. It surveys major critical approaches to reading, interpreting and evaluating literature, and includes student papers as examples - in draft and complete stages. The book covers three major literary genres - fiction, poetry and drama. In addition, many of the literary examples presented reflect a variety of cultural contexts.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Gilbert H. Muller, who received a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Stanford University, is currently professor of English and Special Assistant to the President at the LaGuardia campus of the City University of New York. He has also taught at Stanford University, Vassar College, and several universities overseas. Dr. Muller is the author of the award-winning Nightmares and Visions: Flannery O’Connor and the Catholic Grotesque, Chester Himes , and other critical studies. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation, The Sewanee Review, The Georgia Review, and elsewhere. He is also a noted author and editor of textbooks in English and composition, including The Short Prose Reader with Harvey Wiener, and with John A Williams, The McGraw-Hill Introduction to Literature, Bridges: Literature across Cultures, and Ways In: Reading and Writing about Literature. Among Dr. Muller’s awards are National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Mellon Fellowship.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This brief guide introduces students to reading and writing about fiction, poetry, drama, and film; surveys major critical approaches to these genres; and illustrates the importance of understanding works in the context of time and culture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0070442037
• ISBN 13: 9780070442030
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible