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Title Literature : an introduction to fiction, poetry, and drama / [compiled by] X.J. Kennedy.

Imprint Hudson, NH : HarperCollins, c1991.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  808 L712 1991    ---  Available
Edition 5th ed.
Description xlvii, 1572 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Fiction -- Reading a story -- Point of view -- Character -- Setting -- Tone and style -- Theme -- Symbol -- Evaluating a story -- Reading long stories & novels -- Three fiction writers in depth -- Stories for further reading -- Criticism -- Poetry -- Reading a poem -- Listening to a voice -- Words -- Saying and suggesting -- Imagery -- Figures of speech -- Song -- Sound -- Rhythm -- Closed form, open form -- Poems for the eye -- Symbol -- Myth -- Alternatives -- Evaluating a poem -- What is poetry? -- Poems for further reading -- Lives of the poets -- Criticism -- Drama -- Reading a play -- The theater of Sophocles -- The theater of Shakespeare -- The modern theater -- Evaluating a play -- Plays for further reading -- Criticism -- Writing -- Writing about literature -- Writing about a story -- Writing a story -- Writing about a poem -- Writing a poem -- Writing about a play -- Writing a play.
Subject Literature -- Collections.
Added Author Kennedy, X. J.
ISBN 0673521591 (teacher edition)
0673520463 (student edition)

 
    
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