Literature for Composition

Literature for Composition
Author: Sylvan Barnet
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 820
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

This Compact Edition offers instructors Literature for Composition's renowned coverage of writing, argument, and critical thinking in a compact format. While omitting the thematic anthology in the full version, the Compact Edition includes complete coverage of the writing process, three chapters devoted to argument, coverage of the literary elements and the study of visual images, and four case studies. Compelling literary selections are integrated into every chapter.

Exploring Literature

Exploring Literature
Author: Frank Madden
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 1434
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Exploring Literature invites students to connect with works of literature in light of their own experiences and, ultimately, put those connections into writing. With engaging selections, provocative themes, and comprehensive coverage of the writing process, Madden's anthology is sure to capture the reader's imagination. Exploring Literature opens with five chapters dedicated to reading and writing about literature. An anthology follows, organized around five themes. Each thematic unit includes a rich diversity of short stories, poems, plays, and essays, as well as a case study to help students explore literature from various perspectives.

Literature and the Writing Process

Literature and the Writing Process
Author: Elizabeth McMahan
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 1179
Release: 2001-06-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780130669063

For Composition Through Literature and Introduction to Literature courses. Blending a complete writing about literature text, a literature anthology, and a handbook into one, this unique text guides students through the allied processes of critical reading and writing illustrating the use of writing as a way of studying literature, and providing students with all the tools necessary to analyze literature on their own. The text promotes interactive learning by integrating writing instruction with the study of literature.

An Introduction to Literature

An Introduction to Literature
Author: Sylvan Barnet
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 1574
Release: 1997
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780673522672

Gathers examples of literature from Shakespeare to August Wilson, Leo Tolstoy to Amy Tan, and William Blake to Derek Walcott

Literature for Life

Literature for Life
Author: X. J. Kennedy
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-01-19
Genre: College readers
ISBN: 9780205745142

Literature for Life, as both its title and content suggests, forges a close relationship between students' reading and life experiences--the texts used are accessible, grounded, relatable, and meaningful. There's enough range to suit instructors of many backgrounds, experiences, and strengths and to encourage instructors to better teaching and students to better learning. Literature for Life is available as a package with Kennedy and Gioia's The Literature Collection: An eText: ISBN-0321904281. Click here to watch a four-minute walkthrough of The Literature Collection: http: //media.pearsoncmg.com/long/kennedy_collection_demo/KC2Ccamproj.html. MyLiteratureLab, a dynamic online tool with engaging multimedia resources for students and time-saving features like auto-graded quizzes and exercises to support instructors, can be packaged with Literature for Life. MyLiteratureLab delivers proven results in helping individual students succeed. It provides engaging experiences that personalize, stimulate, and measure learning for each student. And, it comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students, instructors, and departments achieve their goals.

Literature

Literature
Author: Edgar V. Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2088
Release: 2012
Genre: College readers
ISBN: 9780132677875

A Little Literature

A Little Literature
Author: Sylvan Barnet
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 1204
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

Featuring the smallest trim size and page count of any comparable anthology, this appealing new three-genre collection encourages students to experience the pleasures of reading literature. A Little Literature: Reading, Writing, and Argument offers a compact and economical alternative to bulky anthologies. Despite the brevity of this compilation, a judicious mix of classic and contemporary selections--from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Amy Tan and Tobias Wolff--offers ample reading choices for instructors and students. Concise, yet complete, editorial apparatus provides guidance on reading, writing, and, most particularly, developing arguments about literature. All elements come together to create an engaging and accessible anthology that students will truly enjoy.

An Introduction to Fiction

An Introduction to Fiction
Author: X. J. Kennedy
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 820
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Kennedy/Gioia'sAn Introduction to Fiction, 10econtinues to inspire readers and writers with a rich collection of fiction and engaging insights on reading, analyzing, and writing about stories. This bestselling anthology includes sixty-six superlative short stories, blending classic works and contemporary selections. Written by noted poets X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, the text reflects the authors' wit and contagious enthusiasm for their subject. Informative, accessible apparatus presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by apt works, and supported by interludes with the anthologized writers. This edition features 11 new stories, three new masterwork casebooks, extensively revised and expanded chapters on writing, and a fresh new design. New students of fiction.