List Books » Literature for Composition: Reading and Writing Arguments about Essays, Stories, Poems, and Plays
Authors: Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, William Cain
ISBN-13: 9780205743599, ISBN-10: 0205743595
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: 9th Edition
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.
Alternate Contents | ||
Preface | ||
Pt. 1 | Getting Started | 1 |
Ch. 1 | The Writer as Reader: Reading and Responding | 3 |
Ch. 2 | The Reader as Writer: Drafting and Writing | 11 |
Ch. 3 | Analytic Writing: An Overview | 32 |
Ch. 4 | Reading (and Writing about) Essays | 69 |
Ch. 5 | Reading (and Writing about) Fiction | 108 |
Ch. 6 | Reading (and Writing about) Drama | 153 |
Ch. 7 | Reading (and Writing about) Poetry | 205 |
Pt. 2 | A Thematic Anthology | 245 |
Ch. 8 | Strange Worlds | 247 |
Ch. 9 | Innocence and Experience | 334 |
Ch. 10 | Love and Hate | 515 |
Ch. 11 | American Dreams and Nightmares | 649 |
Ch. 12 | The Individual and Society | 771 |
Ch. 13 | Men, Women, God, and Gods | 908 |
Appendix A: Research Papers | 1049 | |
Appendix B: Remarks about Manuscript Form | 1068 | |
Appendix C: A Glossary of Terms | 1073 | |
Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines of Poems | 1091 | |
Index of Terms | 1097 |