Close-up on Literary Text by Terry Locke

Designed for senior English students, this textbook covers the major literary genres - poetry, short stories, plays, and novels. Concepts such as reader response and post-structuralism are introduced, and the practice and terminology of the curriculum requirement of 'close reading' is explained through exercises based on excerpts from established authors. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings.

ISBN: 9780582705968