Sylvan Barnet (1926–2016)
Autore di A Short Guide to Writing About Art
Sull'Autore
Sylvan Saul Barnet was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 11, 1926. During World War II, he served in the Army for two years. He received a bachelor's degree in English from New York University in 1948 and a master's degree in 1950 and a doctorate in 1954 from Harvard University. For the next mostra altro three decades, he taught freshman writing and literature at Tufts University. He wrote or edited numerous textbooks including An Introduction to Literature, A Short Guide to Writing About Literature, A Short Guide to Writing About Art, The Study of Literature: A Handbook of Critical Essays and Terms, and Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument. In the early 1960s, he decided that his students at Tufts University needed an edition of Shakespeare with each play in a separate volume including an introduction and study aids. He presented the idea to editors at the New American Library. The editors approved of the idea and Barnet became the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series. He was the co-author with William Burto of Zen Ink Paintings, which was published in 1982. He died of cancer on January 11, 2016 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Sylvan Barnet
Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument with Readings (1987) 333 copie
Comparing Cultures: Readings on Contemporary Japan for American Writers (1995) — A cura di — 24 copie
Twentieth century interpretations of the Merchant of Venice: a collection of critical essays (1970) 9 copie
Instructor's Manual to Accompany Literature for Composition Essays, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (2003) 4 copie
Instructor's Manual to accompany Literature: Thinking, Reading, and Writing Critically (1997) 1 copia
Instructor's Handbook to Accompany Literature for Composition Essays, Stories, Poems, and Plays 1 copia
Instructor's manual to accompany Barnet & Stubb's Practical guide to writing, third edition and third edition with… (1980) 1 copia
Instructor's Handbook to Accompany Literature for Composition Essays, Fiction, Poetry and Drama 5th Edition (1999) 1 copia
An Introduction to Fiction 1 copia
Opere correlate
Amleto - Otello - Macbeth - Re Lear (1982) — A cura di, alcune edizioni; Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 1,109 copie
Il ventaglio di Lady Windermere: L'importanza di essere Fedele: Salome (1898) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 707 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1926-12-11
- Data di morte
- 2016-01-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa della morte
- brain cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Istruzione
- Harvard University (Ph.D.)
New York University
Erasmus Hall High School - Attività lavorative
- literary critic
Shakespearean scholar
professor (English) - Relazioni
- Burto, William (life partner)
- Organizzazioni
- Tufts University
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Recensioni
The Genius of the Early English Theatre (Mentor… di Sylvan Barnet
4/17/22
Genius might be a bit...strong...for a number of these plays. They are standard issue morality plays from the early English theatre, and many of them are rather tedious. There are some truly great works in here, such as MacBeth and Marlowe's Faust. Jonson's Volpone completes the trifecta of worthy plays. I'm afraid Milton's Samson Agonistes left me cold. It probably reads better as poetry than as a play, but even then, it was too repetitive, and way too much logorrhea.
A drama text book so the essays were a little dry, but a good broad collection of plays spanning the centuries.
I read this textbook for a sophomore level composition class. It's main focus is on teaching students to write argumentative essays. It contains several good essays on controversial topics that are worth reading. Highlights include essays by Jonathan Swift, Plato, Rush Limbaugh, and Thomas More (to name a few); and poetry by Robert Frost, Andrew Marvell, and Kate Chopin. The essays were thought provoking and well written.
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- Opere
- 45
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- 19
- Utenti
- 4,219
- Popolarità
- #5,955
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 15
- ISBN
- 235