Steven Lynn's groundbreakingLiterature: Reading and Writing with Critical Strategiesenergizes literary study by showing the reader how to use critical approaches to engage literary texts and evolve critical arguments.Literature: Reading and Writing with Critical Strategiesoverhauls traditional approaches to the introduction of literature. Lynn's truly innovative anthology shows the reader how to use critical strategies to engage with literary texts and develop critical arguments. Plentiful examples demonstrate the process of writing about literature progressing from a blank page to an insightful response and ultimately to a final essay using a variety of theories as invention strategies. A richly diverse selection of literary works provides students with thematicallytied materials to read and write about fiction, poetry, and drama.For anyone interested in the study of literature.