Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Edition, MLA Update Edition
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education (US), 2017
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Key Benefit: This compact version of Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)* A streamlined version of Kennedy/Gioia?s acclaimed literary anthology, Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact, 8th Edition is a book to lead readers beyond the boundaries of self to see the world through the eyes of others. Built on the assumption that great literature can enrich and enlarge the lives it touches, this text was developed with two primary goals: to introduce individuals to the appreciation and experience of literature in its major forms and to develop individuals' abilities to think critically and communicate effectively about and through writing. * The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the ?increasing mobility of texts,? MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following. Key Topics: Reading a Story; Point of View; Character; Setting; Tone and Style; Theme; Symbol; Reading Long Stories and Novels; Genre Fiction; Critical Casebook: Two Stories in Depth; Reading a Poem; Listening to a Voice; Words; Saying and Suggesting; Imagery; Figures of Speech; Song; Sound; Rhythm; Closed Form; Open Form; Symbol; Myth and Narrative; Poetry and Personal Identity; Poetry in Spanish: Literature of Latin America; Recognizing Excellence; What is Poetry?; Three Critical Casebooks: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Robert Frost; Critical Casebook: T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"; Poems for Further Reading; Reading a Play; Tragedy and Comedy; Critical Casebook: Sophocles; Critical Casebook: Shakespeare; The Modern Theater; Evaluating a Play; Plays for Further Reading; Writing About Literature; Writing About a Story; Writing About a Poem; Writing About a Play; Writing a Research Paper; Writing an Essay Exam; Critical Approaches to Literature; Major Themes; First Lines of Poetry; Authors and Titles; Literary Terms Market: For anyone wishing to expand his/her knowledge of literature and improve his/her writing skills.…
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- Title
- Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Edition, MLA Update Edition
- Author
- Joe Kennedy
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US)
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 013458645X
- ISBN 13
- 9780134586458
Key Benefit: This compact version of Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)*
A streamlined version of Kennedy/Gioia’s acclaimed literary anthology, Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact, 8th Edition is a book to lead readers beyond the boundaries of self to see the world through the eyes of others. Built on the assumption that great literature can enrich and enlarge the lives it touches, this text was developed with two primary goals: to introduce individuals to the appreciation and experience of literature in its major forms and to develop individuals' abilities to think critically and communicate effectively about and through writing.
* The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the “increasing mobility of texts,” MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.
Key Topics: Reading a Story; Point of View; Character; Setting; Tone and Style; Theme; Symbol; Reading Long Stories and Novels; Genre Fiction; Critical Casebook: Two Stories in Depth; Reading a Poem; Listening to a Voice; Words; Saying and Suggesting; Imagery; Figures of Speech; Song; Sound; Rhythm; Closed Form; Open Form; Symbol; Myth and Narrative; Poetry and Personal Identity; Poetry in Spanish: Literature of Latin America; Recognizing Excellence; What is Poetry?; Three Critical Casebooks: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Robert Frost; Critical Casebook: T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"; Poems for Further Reading; Reading a Play; Tragedy and Comedy; Critical Casebook: Sophocles; Critical Casebook: Shakespeare; The Modern Theater; Evaluating a Play; Plays for Further Reading; Writing About Literature; Writing About a Story; Writing About a Poem; Writing About a Play; Writing a Research Paper; Writing an Essay Exam; Critical Approaches to Literature; Major Themes; First Lines of Poetry; Authors and Titles; Literary Terms
Market: For anyone wishing to expand his/her knowledge of literature and improve his/her writing skills.
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About the Author
Born in Los Angeles in 1950, Dana Gioia attended Stanford University and did graduate work at Harvard, where he studied with Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Fitzgerald. He left Harvard to attend Stanford Business School. For fifteen years he worked in New York for general Foods (eventually becoming a Vice President) while writing nights and weekends, In 1992 he became a full-time writer. Currently he lives in California. Gioia has published three books of poems, Daily Horoscope (1986), The Gods of Winter (1991), and Interrogations at Noon (2001), which won the American Book Award. He is also the author of Can Poetry Matter? (1992; reprinted 2002). He has edited a dozen anthologies of poetry and fiction. A prolific critic and reviewer, he is also a frequent commentator on American culture for BBC Radio. He recently completed Nosferatu (2001), an opera libretto for composer Alva Henderson.
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