William Shakespeare

Sylvan Barnet

Presents Shakespeare's tale of a young and virtuous physician's daughter, Helena, who desperately loves Lord Bertram, who regards her as beneath his notice, complete with an overview of the playwright's life and times, an introduction to the play, critical reviews, a stage history, recommended readings, and notes.

With New and Updated Critical Essays and a Revised Bibliography

All's Well that Ends Well

Oscar Wilde

Offers newly edited texts of five of the British playwright's works, including the great farcial comedy The Importance of Being Earnest.. Reissue.

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

A Short Guide to Writing About Art (The Short Guide Series)

Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus

William E. Cain

Short Guide to Writing about Literature

Hugo Badau

A Portable Guide

From Critical Thinking to Argument

a brief guide to argument

Critical thinking, reading, and writing

ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- The best-selling guide to writing about art Sylvan Barnet's A Short Guide to Writing About Art guides students through every aspect of writing about art. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. Coverage of essential writing assignments includes formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, and essay examination. New to the 11th edition is a chapter on “Virtual Exhibitions: Writing Text Panels and Other Materials.” MySearchLab is a part of the Barnet program. Research and writing tools, including access to academic journals, helps students master basic writing skills. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app. NOTE: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase the text with MySearchLab, order the package ISBN: 0205949525/ 9780205949526 Short Guide to Writing About Art Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 020588699X / 9780205886999 A Short Guide to Writing About Art

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John O'Hara

Hugo Bedau

Also available with a copy of a pamphlet entitled "Documenting sources in APA style, 2020 update."

Types of Drama, 8/e offers a full range of plays from ancient Greece to the present. Like the earlier editions, this collection gives strong representation of such familiar authors as the Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, Ibsen, and O'Neill as well as to contemporary classic authors such as Miller, Williams and Churchill. New to the eighth edition are twenty-eight works including a commedia dell'arte scenario, a Noh play, an opera by Gertrude Stein, a farce by Dario Fo, Elizabeth Robins's neglected Votes for Women , and Suzan-Lori-Parks's newest play, In the Blood . For individuals interested in expanding their knowledge and critical understanding of dramatic performances, their histories and the important role of reviewers.

Plays and Contexts

Types of Drama

William Burto

Morton Berman

Fiction, Poetry, Drama

An Introduction to Literature

Cheryl Nixon

For courses in Literature for Composition, Writing About Literature, and Introduction to Literature. The definitive source for composition and introduction to literature courses With an emphasis on critical thinking and argument, Literature for Composition offers superior coverage of reading, writing, and arguing about literature along with an anthology organized around eight thought-provoking themes. Throughout, the authors demonstrate that the skills emphasized in their discussions of communication are relevant not only to literature courses, but to all courses in which students analyze texts or write arguments. Also available with MyLiteratureLab ® This title is also available with MyLiteratureLab – an online resource that works with our literature anthologies to provide engaging experiences to instructors and students. Students can access new content that fosters an understanding of literary elements, which provides a foundation for stimulating class discussions. This simple and powerful tool offers state-of-the-art audio and video resources along with practical tools and flexible assessment. NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLiteratureLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLiteratureLab search for: 0134272528 / 9780134272528 Literature for Composition Plus MyLiteratureLab without Pearson eText — Access Card Package, 11e Package consists of: · 0133931269 / 9780133931266 MyLiteratureLab without Pearson eText — Access Card · 0133931277 / 9780133931273 MyLiteratureLab without Pearson eText — Inside Star Sticker · 0134099141 / 9780134099149 Literature for Composition

Literature for Composition

Pays tribute to Wilde's genius, his penchant for scandal, and his timeless wit by featuring five major plays, including "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "An Ideal Husband," two interviews, and selected criticism.

Selected Plays and Literary Criticism

The Best of Oscar Wilde

This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021). From Critical Thinking to Argument is a brief but thorough guide to argument at a great value. This versatile text gives students strategies for critical thinking, reading, and writing and makes argument concepts clear through its treatment of classic and modern approaches to argument, including Aristotelian, Toulmin, and Rogerian argument, as well as visual rhetoric. For today’s increasingly visual learners who are challenged to separate what’s real from what’s not, new activities and visual flowcharts support information literacy, and an appendix of practical Sentence Guides helps students incorporate the moves of academic writers into their own arguments. With just eighteen readings, this affordable guide can stand alone or complement an anthology.

From Critical Thinking to Argument with 2020 APA and 2021 MLA Updates

Plays and Essays

Marcia Stubbs

A comprehensive guide to writing, this text covers grammar, mechanics, punctuation and writing across the disciplines.

Barnett and Stubb's Practical Guide to Writing

Thinking, Reading, and Writing Critically

Literature

This best-seller continues to set a high standard for introductory literature texts by maintaining the traditions that have made it a success while adding fresh, new material. Carefully selected classic and contemporary works incorporate a range of diverse voices, and the authors provide integrated coverage of the elements of literature and the writing process. --Publisher description.

Miyeko Murase

This lovely catalog accompanies an exhibition of the same name held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2002-2003. The exhibition features Japanese calligraphy and paintings and sculpture of Buddhist and Shinto themes. Full descriptive entries accompany the plates of each work. Three essays introduce the catalog: a history of the collection and an essay on viewing calligraphy by Barnet and Burto, and an introduction to the calligraphy in their collection by Murase (a consultant on Japanese art at the museum). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

The Written Image

The unique collaborative effort of a professor of English and a professor of philosophy, Current Issues and Enduring Questions is an extensive resource for teaching argument, persuasive writing, and rigorous critical thinking. This extraordinarily versatile text and reader continues to address current student interests and trends in argument, research, and writing.Its comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument includes Aristotelian, Toulmin, and a range of alternative views, including a new chapter on analyzing and writing about arguments in popular culture. Readings on contemporary controversies (including student loan debt, locavorism, and the boundaries of online privacy) and classical philosophical questions (such as How free is the will of the individual?) are sure to spark student interest and lively discussion and writing, and new e-Pages take advantage of what the Web can do by including videos, speeches, film trailers, and other multimodal arguments.

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