Literature

Description:

An authoritative bestseller for over fifty years, PERRINE'S LITERATURE: STRUCTURE, SOUND, AND SENSE continues to be an essential and highly effective introduction to literature for today's students. Written for students beginning a serious study of literature, the text introduces the fundamental elements of fiction, poetry, and drama in a concise and engaging way, addressing vital questions that other texts tend to ignore, such as "Is some literature better?" and "How can it be evaluated?" A remarkable selection of classic, modern, and contemporary readings serves to illustrate the elements of literature and ensure broad appeal to students of diverse backgrounds and interests.

subjects: Literature,  Collections,  Anthologies,  Interpretation,  Aufgabensammlung,  Literatur,  Littérature,  history & criticism,  Fiction,  Hunting,  Islands,  survival of the fittest,  animal trapping,  trapping pits,  knouts,  hunting dogs,  Cossacks,  deaf-mutes,  snow leopards,  jaguars,  Juvenile fiction,  Hunting stories,  Juvenile works,  Human hunting,  Big game sport,  Travel fiction

People: Sanger Rainsford,  General Zaroff,  Whitney,  Ivan,  The Great White Czar

Places: Caribbean,  Amazon rainforest,  Ship-Trap Island,  Tibet

Times: 20th century