Perrine's Story and Structure

by Thomas R. Arp, Greg Johnson, Laurence Perrine

Book Overview

For decades this concise guide has introduced students to the major elements of fiction, teaching students how to read, understand, and evaluate the genre. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413006574
• ISBN13: 9781413006575
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 661 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Buy an older edition

The Perrine anthology is a superb book that has become a sort of classic, but unless you have to buy the new edition for a course, I'd recommend that you buy any of the earlier editions instead. You'll save quite a bit of money and you'll get exactly the same excellent introduction to the art of fiction -- as well as a lot of the same short stories. I know this is so because I've collected a number of editions over the years, and there is very little if any difference in the commentary from edition to edition. There is some variation in the choice of stories, of course -- but not that much.

Great Book, well structured

This is a great book. The chapters are interesting and focused on topics that are immediately applicable for new writers. Lots of literary examples are included, along with analysis questions designed to help the reader learn from them. I would definitely recommend it.