Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing - Couverture rigide

Unique in providing information on and sample essays for writing about literature in every chapter, this bestselling text/anthology provides the tools and insights necessary for students to read literature with care, understanding, and enjoyment, and to write about it with skill and conviction. It is both a comprehensive anthology of fiction, poetry, and drama and a text emphasizing the close connection between good reading and effective writing. The fourth edition reaffirms the principle of flexible classroom use to which the book is dedicated.

This edition emphasizes research writing and critical approaches to literature. Including 60 stories, 388 poems, and 17 dramatic works, this book offers a balanced collection of works by male and female authors of different ethnic, political, economic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. In addition to carefully chosen literary selections, each chapter contains detailed information on and sample essays for writing about literature.