Writing About Literature

by Judith Woolf

Writing about Literature combines detailed practical and scholarly advice with a sense of the scope and creative possibilities of literary criticism, empowering the student reader to make his or her own discoveries and experiments with language. In addition, it gives valuable guidance on adult language learning and translation skills for students of foreign literature.

This handy, accessible guide covers all aspects of the essay-writing process, including:


preliminary reading and choosing and researching a topic referencing and presentation computer use style, structure, vocabulary, grammar and spelling the art and craft of writing scholarly and personal insights into the problems and pleasures of writing about literature.
Written in an entertaining and informative way and containing a wealth of practical advice and scholarly insights, this wise, witty and helpful book should be on every literature student's bookshelf.

184 pages, Hardcover

First published December 17, 2004

Reviews

[A.J. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the most helpful book I've read: it seemed mainly to be a vehicle for showing off the author's knowledge of literature, rather than a useful guide to the student of literature. In some ways quite dated, now - the paragraph about Google being a drug made me smile.