Disciplines-- Arts and Humanities

A Short Guide to Writing About Film / 4th Edition
Timothy Corrigan
Draws on students' love and knowledge of films as a way of encouraging and developing writing skills.
© 2001

A Short Guide to Writing About Music
Jonathan Bellman
Offers instruction on a range of writing assignments: reaction papers and concert reviews, program notes and abstracts, critical essays and research papers.
© 2000

A Short Guide to Writing About Art / 6th Edition.
Sylvan Barnet
Offers invaluable advice for any art course where students have to write papers.
© 2000

Writing About Art / 3rd Edition
Henry M. Sayre
Prepares students for writing assignments that require describing and interpreting art.
© 1999

Thinking and Writing About Philosophy/ 2nd Edition
Hugo Bedau
Explains how to think and write effectively about philosophical arguments and texts. Takes students through different stages of the writing process, for different kinds of assignments. Offers a guide to library/online resources in philosophy.
© 2002

A Short Guide to Writing About Literature/ 9th Edition
Sylvan Barnet and William E. Cain
This volume begins with advice on critical reading strategies, and focuses thereafter on how to formulate arguments about literature. It discusses short, medium-length, and long analytical papers about fiction, poetry, drama, and film.
© 2003