The fiction section from Laurence Perrine's all-time bestselling introduction to literature, this concise, authoritative text provides a complete overview of the essential elements of fiction, along with a diverse selection of stories to illustrate them. This reliable, well-written classic has introduced thousands of students to the serious study of fiction, yet it remains vital and compelling for today's readers, presenting the most important and engaging stories available in a single collection. The section on three featured writers, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, and Joyce Carol Oates, includes three stories by each author, as well as essays by noted critics on their works.
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"Really and truly; I see no need for improvement; in my judgment, the text is the best I've ever used for any course."
"Please do not change any of the above sections of STORY AND STRUCTURE: this book is perfect…This book is consistently my first choice for "Writing about Literature" composition courses and for short fiction courses. Thank you for a superb textbook." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Please do not change any of the above sections of STORY AND STRUCTURE: this book is perfect…This book is consistently my first choice for "Writing about Literature" composition courses and for short fiction courses. Thank you for a superb textbook." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Born 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, attended public schools in Dearborn. B.A. in English from the University of Michigan (1954), Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to Stanford University. 1955-56, producer of educational television for the University of Michigan. M.A. Stanford 1960, Ph.D. Stanford 1962. Teaching at Bowdoin College, Princeton University, University of California at Berkeley, Hull University (England), and since 1970 at Southern Methodist University. Fulbright lectureship at University of Bucharest (Romania) 1969-70. Published THE FORM OF POETRY (Macmillan, 1966). Joined Laurence Perrine in preparing revised editions of SOUND AND SENSE, STORY AND STRUCTURE, Literature: STRUCTURE, SOUND, AND SENSE beginning in 1982. Became sole author of the books in 1997, and then was joined as co-author by Greg Johnson in 2002.
Greg Johnson: M.A. in English, Southern Methodist University and Ph.D. in English at Emory University. Greg is the author of 11 books of fiction, poetry, criticism, and biography, including the recent story collection LAST ENCOUNTER WITH THE ENEMY (Johns Hopkins, 2004), the novel STICKY KISSES (Alyson Books, 2001), and INVISIBLE WRITER: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOYCE CAROL OATES. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Greg Johnson: M.A. in English, Southern Methodist University and Ph.D. in English at Emory University. Greg is the author of 11 books of fiction, poetry, criticism, and biography, including the recent story collection LAST ENCOUNTER WITH THE ENEMY (Johns Hopkins, 2004), the novel STICKY KISSES (Alyson Books, 2001), and INVISIBLE WRITER: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOYCE CAROL OATES. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The Perrine anthology is a superb book that has become a sort of classic, but unless you have to buy the new edition for a course, I'd recommend that you buy any of the earlier editions instead. You'll save quite a bit of money and you'll get exactly the same excellent introduction to the art of fiction -- as well as a lot of the same short stories. I know this is so because I've collected a number of editions over the years, and there is very little if any difference in the commentary from edition to edition. There is some variation in the choice of stories, of course -- but not that much.
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Great Book, well structured,
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This is a great book. The chapters are interesting and focused on topics that are immediately applicable for new writers. Lots of literary examples are included, along with analysis questions designed to help the reader learn from them. I would definitely recommend it.
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