The compact version of the most popular Literature anthology continues to bring students the finest literature in a newly revised, easier-to-study format. Literature is written in an engaging style that reflects the warm personal voice of X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Some of the changes to the new edition include conversations with celebrated fiction writer Amy Tan, U. S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, and contemporary playwright David Ives; the addition of new writers including Naguib Mahfouz, Virginia Woolf, Sherman Alexie, Mary Oliver, Bettie Sellers, and Anne Deavere Smith; and every chapter concludes with a review of key terms for easy reference. The Writing section has been thoroughly updated to reflect MLA's latest guidelines.
| ISBN | 0205698786 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780205698783
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1066 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | New Jersey | | Imprint | Longman Inc | | Previous ISBN | 9780321475770 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Publication date | 11 Aug 2009 | | Width (mm) | 162 | | DEWEY | 808.8 | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General, Undergraduate | | Pages | 1600 | |
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Preface To the Instructor About the Authors Fiction Talking with Amy Tan 1. Reading a Story The Art of Fiction Types of Short Fiction W. Somerset Maugham, The Appointment in Samarra Aesop, The North Wind and the Sun *Bidpai, The tortoise and the geese Chuang Tzu, Independence Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Godfather Death Plot The Short Story John Updike, A & P Writing Effectively Writers on Writing John Updike, Why Write? Thinking About Plot Checklist: Writing About Plot Writing Assignment on Plot More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 2. Point of View Identifying Point of View Types of Narrators Stream of Consciousness William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart *Eudora Welty, Why I Live at the P.O. James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues Writing Effectively Writers on Writing James Baldwin, Race and the African American Writer Thinking About Point of View Checklist: Writing About Point of View Writing Assignment on Point of View More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 3. Character Types of Characters Katherine Anne Porter, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Mansfield, Miss Brill *Naguib Mahfouz, The Lawsuit Raymond Carver, Cathedral Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Raymond Carver, Commonplace but Precise Language Thinking About Character Checklist: Writing About Character Writing Assignment on Character More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 4. Setting Elements of Setting Historical Fiction Regionalism Naturalism Kate Chopin, The Storm *Virginia Woolf, A Haunted House T. Coraghessan Boyle, Greasy Lake Amy Tan, A Pair of Tickets Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Amy Tan, Setting the Voice Thinking About Setting Checklist: Writing About Setting Writing Assignment on Setting More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 5. Tone and Style Tone Style Diction Ernest Hemingway, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place William Faulkner, Barn Burning Irony O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi Ha Jin, Saboteur Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Ernest Hemingway, The Direct Style Thinking About Tone and Style Checklist: Writing About Tone and Style Writing Assignment on Tone and Style More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 6. Theme Plot vs. Theme Theme as Unifying Device Finding the Theme Chinua Achebe, Dead Men's Path Jamaica Kincaid, Girl Luke 15:11--32, The Parable of the Prodigal Son Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Harrison Bergeron Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Themes of Science Fiction Thinking About Theme Checklist: Writing about Theme Writing Assignment on theme More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 7. Symbol Allegory Symbols Recognizing Symbols John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums *John Cheever, The Swimmer Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Shirley Jackson, The Lottery Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Shirley Jackson, Biography of a Story Thinking About Symbols Checklist: Writing About Symbols Writing Assignment on Symbols Student Paper, An Analysis of the Symbolism in Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 8. Critical Casebook: Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find Flannery O'Connor, Revelation Flannery O'Connor on Writing From "On Her Own Work" On Her Catholic Faith From "The Grotesque in Southern Fiction" Critics on Flannery O'Connor J.O. Tate, A Good Source Is Not So Hard to Find: The Real Life Misfit Mary Jane Schenck, Deconstructing "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" *Louise S. Cowan, The Character of Mrs. Turpin in "Revelation" 9. Critical Casebook: Two Stories in Depth Nathaniel Hawthorne Young Goodman Brown *Nathaniel Hawthorne on Writing *Reflections on Truth and Clarity in Literature *Criticizing His Own Work *Critics on Hawthorne *Herman Melville , Excerpt from a review of "Mosses from and Old Manse" *Edgar Allan Poe, The Genius of Hawthorne's Short Stories *Critics on "
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