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Literature: A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics Series)
ISBN: 9780321244437 | 0321244435
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005
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Key Benefit: The perfect alternative to lengthy literature anthologies, this compact, inexpensive, and diverse collection of fiction, poetry, and drama provides a concise yet complete introduction to the study of literature.Key Topics: Selection of stories, poems, and plays along with guidance on how to write about literature. Index of critical terms included.Market: Readers interested in a concise introduction to literature.
The perfect alternative to lengthy literature anthologies, this compact, inexpensive, and ... MORE
The perfect alternative to lengthy literature anthologies, this compact, inexpensive, and ... MORE
| Denotes new selection to this edition | |
| This tentative table of contents is for early review purposes; the final contents may not include all of the selections listed here | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Explore, Experiment, Expand: Three Reasons to Study Literature | |
| Fiction | |
| Introduction to Fiction | |
| The Telling of the Tale | |
| The Short Story G... MORE | |
| Reading and Analyzing Short Fiction | |
| Plot | |
| Characterization | |
| Point of View | |
| Theme | |
| Setting | |
| Style and Symbolism | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) | |
| Young Goodman Brown | |
| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) | |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) | |
| A White Heron | |
| Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) | |
| Mother Savage | |
| Kate Chopin (1851-1904) | |
| Desiree's Baby | |
| Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) | |
| The Lady with the Pet Dog | |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) | |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | |
| Edith Wharton (1862-1937) | |
| Roman Fever | |
| Willa Cather (1876-1947) | |
| Neighbor Rosicky | |
| James Joyce (1882-1941) | |
| Eveline | |
| Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) | |
| The Jilting of Granny Weatherall | |
| William Faulkner (1897-1962) | |
| A Rose for Emily | |
| Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) | |
| The Library of Babel | |
| Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) | |
| Hills Like White Elephants | |
| Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) | |
| Sweat | |
| John Steinbeck (1902-1968) | |
| The Chrysanthemums | |
| Richard Wright (1908-1960) | |
| The Man Who Was Almost a Man | |
| John Cheever (1912-1982) | |
| Reunion | |
| Albert Camus (1913-1960) | |
| The Guest | |
| Ralph Ellison (1914-1995) | |
| A Party Down at the Square | |
| Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) | |
| The Lottery | |
| Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) | |
| Good Country People | |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez (B. 1928) | |
| A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | |
| Chinua Achebe (B. 1930) | |
| Dead Men's Path | |
| Alice Munro (B. 1931) | |
| How I Met My Husband | |
| John Updike (B. 1932) | |
| A & P. | |
| Joyce Carol Oates (B. 1938) | |
| Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? | |
| Raymond Carver (1938-1988) | |
| Cathedral | |
| Margaret Atwood (B. 1939) | |
| Happy Endings | |
| Bobbie Ann Mason (B. 1940) | |
| Shiloh | |
| Alice Walker (B. 1944) | |
| Everyday Use | |
| Tim Gautreaux (B. 1947) | |
| Died and Gone to Vegas | |
| Dagoberto Gilb (B. 1950) | |
| Look on the Bright Side | |
| Sandra Cisneros (B. 1954) | |
| Woman Hollering Creek | |
| Louise Erdrich (B. 1954) | |
| The Red Convertible | |
| Gish Jen (B. 1955) | |
| In the American Society | |
| Lorrie Moore (B. 1957) | |
| How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes) | |
| Poetry | |
| Introduction to Poetry | |
| An Anecdote: Where Poetry Starts | |
| Speaker, Listener, and Context | |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner." | |
| Lyric, Narrative, Dramatic | |
| The Language of Poetry | |
| Figurative Language | |
| Allegory and Symbol | |
| Tone of Voice | |
| Repetition: Sounds and Schemes | |
| Meter and Rhythm | |
| Free Verse and Open Form | |
| Stanza Forms | |
| Fixed Forms | |
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