{"product_id":"reading-literature-robert-diyanni-9781041043348","title":"Reading Literature: Practical Approaches to Engaging with Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do we read literature? Literature enables us to develop our judgment through observation and reflection. We read literature for the many pleasures it offers. These pleasures range widely across genres, with those reading fiction and drama differing from what readers experience in their encounters with poems and essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical guide ranging across the literary genres--poetry, fiction, drama, and essay. For each of these genres, Robert DiYanni outlines five \"ways in\" to literary works. Each section closes with the technique of \"interrupted reading\". \u003cem\u003eReading Literature\u003c\/em\u003e helps readers experience the rich rewards literature provides; understand the complexities of human psychology; navigate the intricacies of social relationships; take pleasure in the ways language creates alternate worlds which echo the world in which we live. It also includes sections on literary elements and the basics of literary theory. Part V uses the familiar literary elements as the basis for sample analyses of poem, story, play, essay, and epic. The final part offers an overview of a dozen critical approaches, or theoretical perspectives, on literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelping readers read closely and critically, this is an essential guide to find \"ways in\" to reading literature to result in valuable encounters and rewarding literary experiences for general readers or those beginning literary studies courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert DiYanni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1041043341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781041043348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs","brand":"Robert DiYanni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520150024447,"sku":"9781041043348","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34265822-5bcb-417f-be29-ae8bf9437cb6.jpg?v=1778741050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-literature-robert-diyanni-9781041043348","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}