PERRINE’S STORY & STRUCTURE 9E - Softcover

ARP

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155037218 ISBN 13: 9780155037212

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Introducing students to the major elements of fiction writing this text helps to develop critical standards for judging literary works. It uses 41 short stories and three novellas by "classic" and contemporary practitioners to demonstrate techniques and suggest criteria for judgment. The book is organized by elements of fiction: plot; character; theme; point of view; and so on. It also includes an appendix to guide students through the thinking and structuring processes of writing clearly and persuasively about literature.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas R. Arp received a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan (1954) and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to Stanford University. In 1955-1956, he produced educational television for the University of Michigan. He received an M.A. in 1960 and a Ph.D. in 1962 -- both from Stanford. He taught at Bowdoin College, Princeton University, University of California at Berkeley, Hull University (England), and Southern Methodist University. Macmillan published his volume THE FORM OF POETRY in 1966, and he received a Fulbright lectureship at University of Bucharest (Romania) in 1969-1970. Arp joined Laurence Perrine in preparing revised editions of SOUND AND SENSE, STORY AND STRUCTURE, and LITERATURE: STRUCTURE, SOUND, AND SENSE beginning in 1982. He became sole author of the books in 1997 and was joined by Greg Johnson in 2002. Dr. Arp passed away in 2015.

Review:

"Really and truly; I see no need for improvement; in my judgment, the text is the best I've ever used for any course."

"Please do not change any of the above sections of STORY AND STRUCTURE: this book is perfect...This book is consistently my first choice for "Writing about Literature" composition courses and for short fiction courses. Thank you for a superb textbook."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0155037218
• ISBN 13: 9780155037212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592