“Overall Headrick has done the discipline of English a great service in tackling what we all know but seldom get round to saying to our students such comprehensive clarity or so courteously!.” (The English Association Journal for Teachers of English, 1 October 2014
“Headrick’s text captures, uniformly, all the essential elements of solid academic writing about literature, in terms of structure, effective use of direct evidence, and thorough textual analysis, without sounding pedantic or formulaic. For first year students, his pedagogy is clear and accessible; for undergraduate students at every level, it provides an invaluable resource for building their skills and reinforcing good writing practices.” —Cecilia Martell,Kwantlen Polytechnic University
From the Inside Flap
This lucid guide to the fundamentals of literary analysis equips literature students with the precision tools for masterful essay writing. Distilling the author’s years of teaching experience into a graduated set of instructions and exercises, it develops the interpretive skills required for logical and effective essays. The text details the exact academic specifications for writing top-flight essays on literature and includes examples that model each stage of the process,
The book’s practice exercises can be completed in class or at home, and integrated checklists link the exercises with the preceding chapter’s contents, enabling students to assess their own work quickly and accurately.
This new Wiley guide demystifies literary analysis and is also an ideal text for non–native speakers in English literature programs around the world.
From the Back Cover
This lucid guide to the fundamentals of literary analysis equips literature students with the precision tools for masterful essay writing. Distilling the author’s years of teaching experience into a graduated set of instructions and exercises, it develops the interpretive skills required for logical and effective essays. The text details the exact academic specifications for writing top-flight essays on literature and includes examples that model each stage of the process,
The book’s practice exercises can be completed in class or at home, and integrated checklists link the exercises with the preceding chapter’s contents, enabling students to assess their own work quickly and accurately.
This new Wiley guide demystifies literary analysis and is also an ideal text for non–native speakers in English literature programs around the world.
About the Author
Paul Headrick teaches English at Langara College in Vancouver, Canada. He is a published novelist and short story writer whose works include That Tune Clutches My Heart (2008) and a volume of short stories, The Doctrine of Affections (2010).
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