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Introduction to Literature : Fiction, Poetry, Drama
ISBN: 9780321105707 | 0321105702
Edition: 13thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2004
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This best seller-continues to set a high standard for introductory literature texts by maintaining the traditions that have made it a success while adding fresh, new material. Carefully selected classic and contemporary works incorporate a range of diverse voices, and the authors provide integrated coverage of the elements of literature and the writing process.
| Denotes a new selection | |
| Reading, Thinking, and Writing Critically About Literature | |
| Reading and Responding to Literature | |
| What Is Literature? | |
| Looking at an Example: Robert Frost, Immigrants | |
| Looking at a Second Example: Pat Mora, Immigrants | |
| Thinking About a Story: Luke, The Parable of the Prodigal Son | |
| Stories True and False: Grace Paley, Samuel | ... MORE |
| What's Past Is Prologue | |
| Sunday in the Park | |
| Christmas Tree | |
| Might We Too? | |
| Writing About Literature: From Idea to Essay | |
| Why Write? | |
| Getting Ideas: Pre-Writing | |
| Annotating a Text | |
| Brainstorming for Ideas for Writing | |
| The Story of an Hour | |
| Focused Free Writing | |
| Listing and Clustering | |
| Developing an Awareness of the Writer's Use of Language | |
| Asking Questions | |
| Keeping a Journal | |
| Arriving at a Thesis | |
| Writing a Draft | |
| Sample Draft of an Essay on Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour | |
| Revising a Draft | |
| Peer Review | |
| The Final Version (Sample Student Essay): Ironies of Life in Kate Chopin's "The Story an Hour." | |
| A Brief Overview of the Final Version | |
| Explication | |
| A Sample Explication | |
| The Balloon of the Mind | |
| Comparison and Contrast | |
| Review: How to Write an Effective Essay | |
| Additional Reading | |
| Ripe Figs | |
| For the Felling of an Elm in the Harvard Yard | |
| Refugee Ship | |
| El Tonto del Barrio | |
| Fiction | |
| Approaching Fiction: Responding in Writing | |
| Ernest Hemingway, Cat in the Rain | |
| Responses, Annotations, and Journal Entries | |
| A Sample Essay by a Student: "Hemingway's American Wife." | |
| Stories and Meanings: Plot, Character, Theme | |
| Aesop, The Vixen and the Lioness | |
| The Appointment in Samara | |
| Anonymous, Muddy Road | |
| Misery | |
| Desiree's Baby | |
| Butterflies | |
| Flies | |
| Narrative Point of View | |
| Participant (or First-Person) Points of View | |
| Nonparticipant (or Third-Person) Points of View | |
| The Point of a Point of View | |
| A & P | |
| In the Gloaming | |
| The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book | |
| Allegory and Symbol | |
| Young Goodman Brown | |
| A Worn Path | |
| A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | |
| In Brief: Writing About Fiction | |
| Character | |
| Point of View | |
| Setting | |
| Symbolism | |
| Style | |
| Theme | |
| A Story, Notes, and an Essay | |
| The Cask of Amontillado | |
| A Student's Written Response to a Story | |
| Notes | |
| A Sample Response Essay: Revenge, Noble, and Ignoble | |
| A Fiction Writer at Work | |
| Mine | |
| Little Things | |
| Cathedral | |
| Talking About Stories | |
| On Rewriting | |
| On "Cathedral." | |
| Thinking Critically about a Short Story | |
| A Note on Interpretation | |
| A Casebook on Ralph Ellison's "Battle Royal." | |
| Battle Royal | |
| Atlanta Exposition Address | |
| Of Our Spiritual Strivings | |
| Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others | |
| ILLUSTRATION: Charles Keck, The Booker T. Washington Memorial | |
| On Social Equality | |
| On Negro Folkore | |
| Life in Oklahoma City." | |
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