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The Bedford Anthology of World Literature, Compact Edition, Volume 2: The Modern World
Tweet Designed to offer a clear, concise, and accessible way to explore the familiar and unfamiliar territories of world literature, this two-volume version of The Bedford Anthology of World Literature offers students and teachers a broad and carefully balanced selection of literary works supported by extensive historical background and generous contextual materials. The Bedford Anthology [...]
The Bedford Anthology of American Literature, Volume One: Beginnings to 1865
Tweet Prepared by recognized scholars and devoted teachers, The Bedford Anthology of American Literature brings the canon of American literature down to a manageable size. Half the length of other leading anthologies, and offered at a much lower price, the anthology reflects years of firsthand experience in the classroom and extensive research on what instructors [...]
Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
Tweet Long the standard teaching anthology, the landmark Norton Anthology of Literature by Women has introduced generations of readers to the rich variety of women’s writing in English. Now, the much-anticipated Third Edition responds to the wealth of writing by women across the globe with the inclusion of 61 new authors (219 in all) whose [...]
Literature for Children: A Short Introduction
Tweet Literature for Children covers the full range of subjects typically addressed in children’s literature, while focusing on genres and concepts rather than on particular authors. The book’s concise, accessible, inviting style includes many specific illustrations and explanations as examples of the concepts presented and allows readers to spend more time reading the primary texts. [...]
Anthology of American Literature, Volume I
Tweet This two-volume anthology represents America’s literary heritage from colonial times through the American renaissance to the contemporary era of post-modernism. Volume I offers early contextual selections from Christopher Columbus and Gaspar Perez de Villagra, as well as an excerpt from the Iroquois League’s Constitution of the Five Nations, and ends with an extensive selection [...]
Writing About Literature
Tweet Writing about Literature serves as a hands-on guide for writing about literature, thus reinforcing the integration of literature and composition. Reading literature encourages students to think and using literary topics gives instructors an effective way to combine writing and literary study. Writing About Literature VISIT THE LINK ABOVE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE [...]
Longman Anthology of World Literature, The, Compact Edition
Tweet The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Compact Edition, presents a fresh and diverse range of the world’s great literature in a single volume that links past and present, East and West, and literary and cultural contexts. Featuring major works by literary masters from the ancient world through the twentieth century, this concise anthology combines [...]
The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume C: The Early Modern Period
Tweet The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume C offers a fresh and highly teachable presentation of the varieties of world literature from the early modern period. The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume C: The Early Modern Period VISIT THE LINK ABOVE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM VISIT OUR STORE Buy [...]
Many Thoughts of Many Minds; A Treasury of Quotations From the Literature of Every Land and Every Age
Tweet This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1896. Not illustrated. Excerpt: … Without content, we shall find it almost as difficult to please others as ourselves.–Greville. True contentment depends not upon what we have; [...]
Approaching Literature: Reading + Thinking + Writing
Tweet Approaching Literature has been designed to give even reluctant students a comfortable way in to literature. The authors Peter Schakel and Jack Ridl set out to use contemporary literary works as entry points to canonical literature and to make the instruction in reading and writing welcoming and accessible to all students, not just potential [...]