Literature A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics Series)

ISBN 13:
9780205032198
ISBN 10:
0205032192
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/19/2011
Publisher: Longman
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Summary

A refreshing alternative to voluminous literature anthologies, this compact, inexpensive, and diverse collection of fiction, poetry, and drama provides a concise yet complete introduction to the study of literature. New selections include: Short story authors new to this collection include award winners Tobias Wolff, Helen Simpson, and Susan Perabo, as well as the Pulitzer-prize winning Indian-American, Jhumpa Lahiri. The poetry collection brings new selections from classic and contemporary authors, including John Keats, e.e. cummings, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Bishop, and Richard Wilbur, as well as fresh models from poets new to this edition including Amy Gerstler, Rebecca Foust, Craig Arnold, Ernest Hilbert and Erica Dawson, whose work brings poetry into the 21 st century. The drama section includes Yasmina Rezars"s Tony-winning comedyThe God of Carnage,produced on Broadway with a cast including James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels and reflecting the robust strength of todayrs"s Broadway and of contemporary comedy, as well as Shakespearers"sTwelfth Night,which brings a classic comedy to this collection for the first time.