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Literature for Composition: Reading and Writing Arguments about Essays, Stories, Poems, and Plays » (9th Edition)

Book cover image of Literature for Composition: Reading and Writing Arguments about Essays, Stories, Poems, and Plays by Sylvan Barnet

Authors: Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, William Cain
ISBN-13: 9780205743599, ISBN-10: 0205743595
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: 9th Edition

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Author Biography: Sylvan Barnet

Book Synopsis

The new edition of Barnet's Literature for Composition continues to offer superior coverage of reading, writing, and arguing about literature and a deep anthology of readings presented in Sylvan Barnet’s signature accessible style. A new chapter one gives students a crash course on writing an effective essay. Six new student essays provide helpful models of student writing on a wide array of topics with ninteen essays in all. Two timely thematic units have been added: –“The World Around Us” and “The Sporting Life." The new 2009 MLA guidelines are included in an appendix for guidance on writing papers.

Table of Contents

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Preface
Pt. 1Getting Started1
Ch. 1The Writer as Reader: Reading and Responding3
Ch. 2The Reader as Writer: Drafting and Writing11
Ch. 3Analytic Writing: An Overview32
Ch. 4Reading (and Writing about) Essays69
Ch. 5Reading (and Writing about) Fiction108
Ch. 6Reading (and Writing about) Drama153
Ch. 7Reading (and Writing about) Poetry205
Pt. 2A Thematic Anthology245
Ch. 8Strange Worlds247
Ch. 9Innocence and Experience334
Ch. 10Love and Hate515
Ch. 11American Dreams and Nightmares649
Ch. 12The Individual and Society771
Ch. 13Men, Women, God, and Gods908
Appendix A: Research Papers1049
Appendix B: Remarks about Manuscript Form1068
Appendix C: A Glossary of Terms1073
Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines of Poems1091
Index of Terms1097

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