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.
Features

-- Each section begins with a simple discussion of the elements of form and is illustrated with carefully chosen stories, poems, or plays, giving the student a basic introduction to the literary genres.

-- A wide range of literary examples, from classic to contemporary, offer students a systematic introduction and a broad overview of the study of literature.

-- In poetry and fiction, a compact anthology of additional selections for further reading is given, and each one provides enough examples to permit the comparative study by which literary merit is judged.

-- The drama section is populated with both classic and contemporary pieces, with a number of one-act plays providing breadth for student analysis.

New to the Eighth Edition

-- The tradition of clear, precise writing and practical organization initiated by Laurence Perrine years ago continues with the inclusion of a new co-author, Greg Johnson.

-- Chapter 1, "Writing About Literature, " has been greatly expanded and suggestions for writing now appear at the ends of chapters, thus greatly increasing attention to writing about literature.

-- Following the fiction and poetry sections, three stories each by three writers-a classic, a modem, and a contemporary-offer students an in-depth study into the writings of selected authors.

-- Two Shakespearean plays, Othello and A Midsummer Night's Dream, have been included to show students Shakespeare's writing in both the tragic and comic forms.