The Heath Introduction to Fiction

The Heath Introduction to Fiction
Author:
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 900
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This affordable, chronologically arranged anthology features 72 short stories carefully selected for their representation of international voices and techniques, their significance in the development of fiction, and their educational and thematic value. Selections are weighted toward the modern and contemporary, with a fair representation of earlier stories. Story groupings help instructors shape thematic units, and help students recognize thematic and technical points of comparison between readings. Multiple stories by the same author allow students to compare works and analyze the evolution of the writer's literary technique.

The Heath Introduction to Literature

The Heath Introduction to Literature
Author: Alice S. Landy
Publisher: D.C. Heath
Total Pages: 964
Release: 1982
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780669950410

At about half the length and a much lower price than comparable anthologies, this introductory anthology of short fiction, poetry, and drama is organized by genre and features chapter introductions and a bibliography of film adaptations. Readings have been chosen with an eye toward classic selections and gender balance, while allowing the book to retain the teachability and traditional emphases for which it has long been admired.

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.

The Heath Introduction to Literature

The Heath Introduction to Literature
Author: Alice S. Landy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1246
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780669355116

At about half the length and a much lower price than comparable anthologies, this introductory anthology of short fiction, poetry, and drama is organized by genre and features chapter introductions and a bibliography of film adaptations. Readings have been chosen with an eye toward classic selections and gender balance, while allowing the book to retain the teachability and traditional emphases for which it has long been admired.

Heath Introduction to Fiction

Heath Introduction to Fiction
Author: CENGAGE Learning
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1999-07-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9780395958261

The IRM offers specific insight into each story in the text, as well as general advice about teaching short fiction. Suggestions for exercises provide innovative ways to shape classes and promote discussion and understanding.

The Heath Guide to Literature

The Heath Guide to Literature
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1992
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780669205930

The third edition of "The Heath Guide to Literature" offers 407 selections of fiction, poetry, and drama, plus a lucid introduction to the study of the forms and themes of literature by authors who are themselves respected teachers and accomplished writers.