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The classic text, PERRINE'S LITERATURE: STRUCTURE, SOUND, and SENSE, Eighth Edition, continues to provide students with a comprehensive study into the principal forms of fiction, poetry, and drama.

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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.

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Hardcover: 1776 pages
Publisher: Thomson / Wadsworth; 8th edition (August 14, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0155074946
ISBN-13: 978-0155074941
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 2.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is an amnazing resource for students and scholars., November 26, 1998

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I have used this book extensively in my college level literature and composition class. It has proven an invaluable resource for those seeking information on topics ranging from analysis of poetry to dramatic interpretation to stylistic movement within a piece of writing. The text offers specific examples within its lessons and includes many unabridged sources including poems, short stories, and plays. I highly recommend this book to any who seek to expand their knowledge of literary structure, sound, and sense. It will prove valuable as you struggle to expand as a writer, reader, and thinker.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book even outside of the classroom, November 22, 1998

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*SS&S* is a great book for anyone who enjoys serious literature. I have not read this, the latest edition, but I doubt that the content has changed significantly.

What makes this book so good is the fact that it is highly readable. The stories, poems, and plays selected for the text are chosen to appeal to a wide audience. A plethora of writers that span the Middle Ages to the mid-20th century appear within these pages. It is a wonderful overview of English literature, and I feel that it makes a much better book than the Nortan Anthologies simply because it doesn't focus on one medium, nation, or time period.

What also appeals to me about this text is the space given to non-Shakespearean authors, esp. of the Elizabethan times. Too often, ol' *Romeo*'s bard pops up, and we are deprived of a chance to learn about other (and possibly greater) writers, such as Jonson, Marlowe, and (my favorite) Donne.

Five years ago, I complete my high school senior English lit. course with the fifth edition of this text. My teacher was sufficiently impressed with my taking to the volume that she discreetly "loaned" me an old fourth edition. This red tome has journeyed across the country with me, and I hope is that one day my children and grandchildren will derive as much pleasure from it as I have. Whenever I feel the urge to read something substantial but not take a few weeks to do so, *SS&S* has always been there for me. Order this book, and you will never need for a short classic again.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best English textbooks, October 3, 2004

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I am currently using this textbook in my AP English Literature class and this is one of the best English text books that I have used so far.
It really provides numerous poetry (famous and not-famous) with in-depth questions that I find very helpful for me to study

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