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American literature, read closely

Clear guides for reading American literature

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Reading, not summarising

What a study guide owes the reader

  • The text stays in view

    A guide points back to the passage, poem or chapter it is explaining, so you can check the reading against the page in front of you.

  • Plain words before theory

    Terms like thesis, meter and close reading are explained where they appear, in the order a reader actually meets them.

  • Useful on a deadline

    Short headings, numbered steps and examples you can carry straight into your own notes, because most reading happens the night before.

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Notes you want open beside the book

Edwards Ly gathers literature guides, author profiles and reading notes for American literature and literary biography, with room for the wider reading and writing questions that come with them.

It is written for students working through a set text and for teachers planning the week, giving a poem the same care as a life story.

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