William Shakespeare

Sylvan Barnet

Presents Shakespeare's tale of a young and virtuous physician's daughter, Helena, who desperately loves Lord Bertram, who regards her as beneath his notice, complete with an overview of the playwright's life and times, an introduction to the play, critical reviews, a stage history, recommended readings, and notes.

With New and Updated Critical Essays and a Revised Bibliography

All's Well that Ends Well

Oscar Wilde

Offers newly edited texts of five of the British playwright's works, including the great farcial comedy The Importance of Being Earnest.. Reissue.

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

A Short Guide to Writing About Art (The Short Guide Series)

Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus

William E. Cain

The tenth edition of A Short Guide to Writing about Literature continues to offer students sound advice on how to become critical thinkers and enrich their reading response through accessible, step-by-step instruction. This highly respected text is ideal as a supplement to any course where writing about literature or literary studies is emphasized. New to the Tenth Edition: A prefatory "Letter to Students" introduces students to the importance of writing about literature. New Chapter 1: What Is Literature, and Why Write About It? Chapter 2 features new material on critical thinking. Epigraphs have been added to the beginning of each chapter to engage the attention of students and instructors. Seventeen "Rules for Writers" have been addded to various chapters. Tips and practical suggestions are highlighted throughout the text. Four checklists have been added: basic matters, revising for clarity, revising for conciseness, and reviewing a revised draft. Two poems, one by Emily Dickinson and one by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and a fable by Aesop have been added. Book jacket.

A Short Guide to Writing about Literature

Short Guide to Writing about Literature

Hugo Badau

A Portable Guide

From Critical Thinking to Argument

A Short Guide to Writing about Art

a brief guide to argument

Critical thinking, reading, and writing

ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- The best-selling guide to writing about art Sylvan Barnet's A Short Guide to Writing About Art guides students through every aspect of writing about art. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. Coverage of essential writing assignments includes formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, and essay examination. New to the 11th edition is a chapter on “Virtual Exhibitions: Writing Text Panels and Other Materials.” MySearchLab is a part of the Barnet program. Research and writing tools, including access to academic journals, helps students master basic writing skills. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app. NOTE: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase the text with MySearchLab, order the package ISBN: 0205949525/ 9780205949526 Short Guide to Writing About Art Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 020588699X / 9780205886999 A Short Guide to Writing About Art

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John O'Hara

Hugo Bedau

Also available with a copy of a pamphlet entitled "Documenting sources in APA style, 2020 update."

A Short Guide to Writing about Art offers invaluable advice for any art course where students write papers. It addresses a wealth of fundamental matters: description versus analysis som critical approaches to art (e.g., formal analysis, cultural materialism, gender studies) getting ideas for an essay engaging in peer review developing paragraphs organizing a comparison using bibliographic tools, including the Internet quoting sources writing captions for illustrations avoiding sexist and Eurocentric language editing the final draft documenting sources, using either The Chicago Manual of Style or The Art Bulletin style preparing for essay examinations Among the new features of the sixth edition are new guidelines for using the World Wide Web and the Internet for art-historical research, five new checklist (e.g., a checklist for evaluating Web Sites), ten new illustrations, and the style guide published by The Art Bulleting. Several sample essays are also included, accompanied by analyses that show readers the particular strengths of effective writing.

Types of Drama, 8/e offers a full range of plays from ancient Greece to the present. Like the earlier editions, this collection gives strong representation of such familiar authors as the Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, Ibsen, and O'Neill as well as to contemporary classic authors such as Miller, Williams and Churchill. New to the eighth edition are twenty-eight works including a commedia dell'arte scenario, a Noh play, an opera by Gertrude Stein, a farce by Dario Fo, Elizabeth Robins's neglected Votes for Women , and Suzan-Lori-Parks's newest play, In the Blood . For individuals interested in expanding their knowledge and critical understanding of dramatic performances, their histories and the important role of reviewers.

Plays and Contexts

Types of Drama

William Burto

Morton Berman

Fiction, Poetry, Drama

An Introduction to Literature

Cheryl Nixon

For courses in Literature for Composition, Writing About Literature, and Introduction to Literature. The definitive source for composition and introduction to literature courses With an emphasis on critical thinking and argument, Literature for Composition offers superior coverage of reading, writing, and arguing about literature along with an anthology organized around eight thought-provoking themes. Throughout, the authors demonstrate that the skills emphasized in their discussions of communication are relevant not only to literature courses, but to all courses in which students analyze texts or write arguments. Also available with MyLiteratureLab ® This title is also available with MyLiteratureLab – an online resource that works with our literature anthologies to provide engaging experiences to instructors and students. Students can access new content that fosters an understanding of literary elements, which provides a foundation for stimulating class discussions. This simple and powerful tool offers state-of-the-art audio and video resources along with practical tools and flexible assessment. NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLiteratureLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLiteratureLab search for: 0134272528 / 9780134272528 Literature for Composition Plus MyLiteratureLab without Pearson eText — Access Card Package, 11e Package consists of: · 0133931269 / 9780133931266 MyLiteratureLab without Pearson eText — Access Card · 0133931277 / 9780133931273 MyLiteratureLab without Pearson eText — Inside Star Sticker · 0134099141 / 9780134099149 Literature for Composition

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Pays tribute to Wilde's genius, his penchant for scandal, and his timeless wit by featuring five major plays, including "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "An Ideal Husband," two interviews, and selected criticism.

Selected Plays and Literary Criticism

The Best of Oscar Wilde

Marcia Stubbs

The eighth edition of The Little, Brown Reader offers abundant readings that engage readers and promote critical thinking and writing. Throughout the book, questions on individual works stimulate readers to think about writing analyses, evaluations, and other thoughtful responses. The strength of The Little, Brown Reader has always been the quality readings and the unmatched apparatus; the revision enhances both features, further improving the text's focus on critical thinking and writing.

The Little, Brown Reader

This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021). From Critical Thinking to Argument is a brief but thorough guide to argument at a great value. This versatile text gives students strategies for critical thinking, reading, and writing and makes argument concepts clear through its treatment of classic and modern approaches to argument, including Aristotelian, Toulmin, and Rogerian argument, as well as visual rhetoric. For today’s increasingly visual learners who are challenged to separate what’s real from what’s not, new activities and visual flowcharts support information literacy, and an appendix of practical Sentence Guides helps students incorporate the moves of academic writers into their own arguments. With just eighteen readings, this affordable guide can stand alone or complement an anthology.

From Critical Thinking to Argument with 2020 APA and 2021 MLA Updates

William Cain

A Short Guide to Writing about Literature emphasises writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature. This edition continues to offer students sound advice on how to become critical thinkers and enrich their reading response through accessible, step-by-step instruction. This highly respected text is ideal as a supplement to any course where writing about literature or literary studies is emphasised. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

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