FYW Contested Truths (Breyer)

This is a great book to refer to at any stage in the research process.

Writing about Literature combines detailed practical and scholarly advice with a sense of the scope and creative possibilities of literary criticism, empowering the student reader to make their own discoveries and experiments with language. In addition, it gives valuable guidance on adult language learning and translation skills for students of literatures not in their first languages. The guide covers many aspects of the essay-writing process, including: preliminary reading and choosing and researching a topic referencing and presentation computer use style, structure, vocabulary, grammar and spelling the art and craft of writing scholarly and personal insights into the problems and pleasures of writing about literature.