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Prose and poetry : the reading of the text / Don Shiach

By: Shiach, Don.
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 1996Description: 224 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0521498945.Subject(s): English language -- Study and teaching | English literature -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 820.8
Contents:
Pt. A. Prose - 1. The uses of prose. 2. The text in context. 3. Will the author please stand up? 4. You, the reader. 5. Further texts for analysis and comparison. - Pt. B. Poetry - 6. The distinctive features of poetry. 7. More about the language of poetry. 8. Who writes poetry? 9. Poetry and genre. 10. Further poems for application and comparison. - Appendix 1. 'Over' by Rose Tremain (the correct order). - Appendix 2. Title of Isaac Asimov story. - Appendix 3. Title of Maura Treacey story. - Appendix 4. 'What I have been doing lately' by Jamaica Kincaid (completion of story). - Appendix 5. Title of Carol Ann Duffy poem.
Summary: This is a textbook which prepares advanced level students of English for the variety of courses which are now available in literature and language study. The book is divided into two parts which encourage the reader to consider the different uses and contexts of prose and the distinctive features of poetry. The wide and varied selection of text is followed by prompts for group discussion and exercises for responsive writing. Throughout the book the author takes special care to make links between language and literature, so that the student is helped towards a clear and practical understanding of both the traditions of English literature and the ways in which the language is used. - Back cover.
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Pt. A. Prose - 1. The uses of prose. 2. The text in context. 3. Will the author please stand up? 4. You, the reader. 5. Further texts for analysis and comparison. - Pt. B. Poetry - 6. The distinctive features of poetry. 7. More about the language of poetry. 8. Who writes poetry? 9. Poetry and genre. 10. Further poems for application and comparison. - Appendix 1. 'Over' by Rose Tremain (the correct order). - Appendix 2. Title of Isaac Asimov story. - Appendix 3. Title of Maura Treacey story. - Appendix 4. 'What I have been doing lately' by Jamaica Kincaid (completion of story). - Appendix 5. Title of Carol Ann Duffy poem.

This is a textbook which prepares advanced level students of English for the variety of courses which are now available in literature and language study. The book is divided into two parts which encourage the reader to consider the different uses and contexts of prose and the distinctive features of poetry. The wide and varied selection of text is followed by prompts for group discussion and exercises for responsive writing. Throughout the book the author takes special care to make links between language and literature, so that the student is helped towards a clear and practical understanding of both the traditions of English literature and the ways in which the language is used. - Back cover.

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