Writing Essays About Literature: A Guide and Style Sheet - Softcover

Griffith, Kelley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413003958 ISBN 13: 9781413003956

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2005

Synopsis

Widely used in introductory literature courses as a style guide or as a supplement to anthologies, this text provides students with valuable guidelines for interpreting literature and writing essays. The text includes full-length selections as well as student essays.

About this title

About the Author:

Kelley Griffith earned a BA from Wake Forest University and an MA and PhD in English from the University of Pennsylvania. In his 34-year teaching career at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he taught courses in composition, American literature, English literature, European literature, and literary research. In 1996 he won the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, UNCGreensboro's top honor for outstanding teaching. He is the author of two textbooks, Narrative Fiction: An Introduction and Anthology (Harcourt Brace, 1994) and Writing Essays about Literature: A Guide and Style Sheet (Wadsworth Cengage Learning), soon to appear in its ninth edition. Upon his retirement in 2002, he completed the Fine and Creative Woodworking Program at Rockingham Community College and now makes custom furniture. Examples of his work can be seen at www.sunburstfinewoodworking.com. He continues to be a deeply engaged reader of literature and maintains a strong interest in literary theory and pedagogy. On occasion he teaches non-credit courses at UNCG. In his new career he has been struck by how the skills required for interpreting and writing about literature mesh with those for operating a small business and making furniture. These skills include such things as analyzing complicated structures, doing research, solving problems, thinking systematically, and communicating clearly and persuasively to a general audience.

Review:

"What stands out as particularly effective in the text are the succinct, understandable explanations. In addition, the examples are well-chosen. These elements are also what students would respond positively to."

"I have been teaching Composition for almost 20 years, and this is the best book I have found for students taking the second part of English Comp - which is usually Literature based."

"Griffith has put together a highly useful text, one that is especially strong on practical instructions for writing about literature. Much thought has gone into the text's organization and content. In my opinion, it would be eminently useful in introductory literature courses that emphasize interpreting and writing about literature."

"I used Roberts for many years, but I find Griffith easier for students to understand and follow."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1413003958
• ISBN 13: 9781413003956
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430