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1	To Our Children's Children: Preserving Family Histories for Generations to Come more books like this by Bob Greene, D G Fulford add to wishlist A warm, personal, and easily accessible guide to creating written and oral histories of the lives of older people, from the bestselling author of Hang Time and his sister, journalist D.G. Fulford. Small, inviting, and beautifully designed--resembling a chapbook or diary more than a reference or how-to workbook, this guide is a very special volume, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Making of a Poem more books like this by Mark Strand (Editor), Eavan Boland (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology illuminates the history, practice, and wonder of our most elusive art, poetry. Intended for all those who love poetry, including teachers, readers, writers, and students, the book should be valued by those who feel that an understanding of form-sonnet, ballad, villanelle, and sestina would enhance their appreciation of poetry, but ... see all copies from $7.28! new only from $10.62! \| SVS
3	A Handbook to Literature more books like this by Professor William Harmon add to wishlist The definitive reference on literature in English, this handbook provides an alphabetical listing of more than 2,000 important terms and facts in literature, linguistics, rhetoric, criticism, printing, bookselling, and information technology. The website (... offers a handy glossary of key terms, a pronunciation key for select terms, pre- and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.98! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir more books like this by Natalie Goldberg add to wishlist In her first book to focus solely on writing since her classic work "Writing Down the Bones," Goldberg reaffirms her status as one of the foremost teachers by redefining the practice of writing memoir. see all copies from $5.58! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms more books like this by Ross C Murfin (Editor), Supryia Ray (Editor) add to wishlist This volume engagingly and succinctly presents more than 700 traditional and contemporary critical and literary terms. Extensively cross-referenced, the alphabetically arranged entries are defined with unusual brevity and illustrated with hundreds of examples drawn from both canonical literature and contemporary popular culture. The glossary is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.58! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms more books like this by Ron Padgett (Editor) add to wishlist In this comprehensive reference guide, poetic forms are illuminated in thorough two-page definitions and exemplified by diverse writers, including Shakespeare and Ann Waldman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.22! \| SVS
7	The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms more books like this by Chris Baldick add to wishlist The best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (formerly the Concise dictionary) provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. It is now available in a new and expanded edition and includes ... see all copies from $10.16! new only from $10.16! \| SVS
8	Critical Terms for Literary Study, Second Edition more books like this by Frank Lentricchia (Editor), Thomas McLaughlin (Editor) add to wishlist This expanded new edition features six new chapters that confront, in different ways, the growing understanding of literary works as cultural practices. These six new chapters are: "Popular Culture"; "Diversity"; "Imperialism/Nationalism"; "Desire"; "Ethics"; and "Class" by John Fiske, Louis Menand, Seamus Deane, Judith Butler, Geoffrey Galt ... see all copies from $2.35! new only from $19.47! \| SVS
9	NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms more books like this by Kathleen Morner, Ralph Rausch (Editor) add to wishlist This work contains 600 Terms, Concepts, and Critical Theories. Are all defined, explained, and illustrated in clear, easy-to-understand language. It provides students with all the literary and critical terms commonly encountered in the study of literature, from the basic to the complex and avante garde. Including numerous examples, it allows ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Handbook to Literature more books like this by C Hugh Holman add to wishlist Provides clear explanations of English literary terms for all types of study. The book is divided into three sections - terms and their definitions, an outline of literary history and an index of names. The terms have been updated to reflect modern and ethnic usages. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms more books like this by Chris Baldick add to wishlist This dictionary provides succinct and often witty explanations of 1000 potentially troublesome terms encountered in the study of literature, from "absurd" to "zeugma", from ancient "dithyramb" to contemporary "dub poetry", from the popular "bodice-ripper" to the aristocratic "masque". While it is fully up to date with the terminologies of post ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
12 view cover	Poetic Meter and Poetic Form more books like this by Paul Fussell add to wishlist The title of this book may suggest that it is designed as a latter-day Gradus ad Parnassum to teach aspiring writers to produce passable verses. It is not. It is intended to help aspiring readers deepen their sensitivity to the rhythmical and formal properties of poetry and thus heighten their pleasure and illumination as an appropriately skilled ... see all copies from $9.23! new only from $30.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Autobiographer's Handbook: The 826 National Guide to Writing Your Memoir more books like this by Jennifer Traig (Editor), Dave Eggers (Introduction by) add to wishlist The best way to learn about writing a memoir is from the masters of the form, and now dozens of the best memoirists in the world explain their methods, struggles, inspirations, and strategies in the most unique writing guide on the market today. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Writing the Memoir more books like this by Judith Barrington add to wishlist Since Writing the Memoir came out in early 1997 it has sold roughly 80,000 copies and is consistently praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics to questions of craft and the crucial ... see all copies from $7.14! new only from $9.13! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again more books like this by Sven Birkerts add to wishlist per carlie, changed to int & added same info to 9781555974893 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Biographer's Tale more books like this by A S Byatt add to wishlist Phineas G. Nanson, an English graduate student, begins researching the life of a famous and revered biographer named Scholes Destry-Scholes, finding out in the process that he distorted his subjects' lives and often made things up. In addition, Nanson discovers several parallels between his own life and that of Destry-Scholes, including his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Some Versions of Pastoral more books like this by William Empson add to wishlist Empson's second critical work, initially published in 1935, followed his groundbreaking, rather prodigious work SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY. SOME VERSIONS OF PASTORAL is engaged with then emerging Marxist theories of literature, and analyzes the role of the poet and the proletariat. Work by Dryden, Shakespeare, Middleton, Marvell, and many others is ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $8.77! \| first editions
18 view cover	I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory more books like this by Patricia Hampl add to wishlist The author of two memoirs, A ROMANTIC EDUCATION and VIRGIN TIME, considers the genre of memoir writing in this essay collection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Writing a Woman's Life more books like this by Carolyn G. Heilbrun add to wishlist A groundbreaking classic from a feminist scholar about personal writing and women's lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Thinking Through Genre: Units of Study in Reading and Writing Workshops 4-12 more books like this by Heather Lattimer add to wishlist Being able to read and write in a variety of genres is a common requirement for today's students. "Thinking Through Genre" supports English teachers who seek to engage their students in genre studies in the reading and writing workshop. The book profiles six different units of study: memoir, feature article, editorial, short story, fairy tale, and ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $16.00! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre more books like this by Professor Tzvetan Todorov add to wishlist see all copies from $5.76! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Writing Life Stories more books like this by Bill Roorbach add to wishlist A friendly instruction book for writers, this guide offers stimulating exercises to teach writers how to open up memory, shape scenes from experience, develop characters, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir more books like this by Lisa Dale Norton add to wishlist Rich, funny, and moving personal narratives depend on a few key moments in time to anchor the story and give it impact. "Shimmering Images" teaches the aspiring memoirist how to locate key memories using Lisa's technique for finding, linking, and fleshing out those vibrant recollections of important moments and situations. "" "Shimmering Images" ... see all copies from $7.91! new only from $7.93! \| SVS
24 view cover	Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art more books like this by Judith Barrington add to wishlist When she was a teenager, the author of this memoir lost both of her parents when their cruise ship sank. She took the compensation money she received from the cruise line and moved to Catalonia, where she tried to get over her loss and get her feet on the ground. Her memoir recounts her experiences there and the fascinating people and places she ... see all copies from $4.12! signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Writing Lives: Principia Biographica more books like this by Leon Edel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.90! \| first editions \| SVS

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