Writing About Literature

by Edgar V. Roberts

Wr iting about Literature serves as a hands-on guide for writing about literature, thus reinforcing the integration of literature and composition. Reading literature encourages students to think and using literary topics gives instructors an effective way to combine writing and literary study.

Genres: Writing, Teaching, Textbooks, Education, Nonfiction, School, Reference

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

Reviews

[Nora Taller]

This book gave me great insight on literary analysis, but I did not pick this up on my own free will. I had to read this for school. And I would not suggest reading this book in its entirety. Its just not particularly necessary and really boring. But if you need to know more about literary analysis and essay writing, select chaptors may be a good fit.

[Jane Kendall]

I regard this as The Literature Bible. This is a MUST for aspiring academics in want of learning the ART and Contextualizing SKILLS of writing all forms of literature.

[Catherine John]

if you want to know how to write a paper... don't read this. Klink will scream at you for asking.

[Jonathan Brammer]

This is a paint-by-numbers guide to writing literary essays. Geared towards undergraduates, a lot of the information should have already been covered in an AP high school class, and the stories and poetry is chosen because they easily illustrate the Roberts' concepts and terms. Most literary analysis is not so straigtforward as this. The most useful chapter is the detailed outline of basic prosody - nobody knows what an ampibrach or bacchius is off the top of his head.

[Sally]

Good ideas, but most of the literature he references is too obscure to be of use to me. I'm translating a lot of his teaching ideas into twenty-first century possibilities. I feel like this might have been a book one of my English teachers used in the early 90s.

[Erin]

I only wish I'd had this book in high school. I might have understood what my English teachers were trying to get out of me a little better. This is an excellent guide for high school and college students taking literature courses.

[L.E. Fidler]

i have to read this for school. because i make my students read it.
and i think it's only fair for me to suffer as well.

but, damn, is it dry writing...

[Thalia]

Another fabulous resource for my writing (which needs all the help it can get) Again, I find I need a little more sometimes but this a is definitely a solid reference book. Easily four stars.