This incredible collection of stories, poems, and plays enables the reader to compare and contrast literature from the different perspectives of culture, race, and gender. Carefully selected readings from the classics through today were chosen for their diversity and universal appeal. The book not only offers the selections themselves, but also offers comparative criticisms of the readings, enabling the reader to more fully understand and enjoy the best of literature through the ages. This anthology covers fiction, poetry, drama, comedy, and criticism from the perspectives of setting, character, plot, point of view, symbolism, theme, tone, and style. For anyone who is interested in owning an anthology that encompasses the greatest writings from the past and present in fiction, poetry, and plays.

Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays (3rd Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Guth, Hans P.

Rico, Gabriele L.

History & Criticism

Pearson College Div

This anthology of stories, poems, and plays enables readers to discover their rich and diverse literary heritage and the power of literature to illuminate and enhance their lives. Integrates the classics with the best current writing, drawing timeless connections between subjects, emotions, and ideas in literary works throughout the ages. Juxtaposes similar works by authors of differing time, culture, and gender. Elicits reader response to classic and contemporary literary selections, engaging them as active participants in reading-and writing-about literature. Focuses on the relevance of criticism to the reader's response to literature. Provides writing guidelines, workshops, and model papers that serve as effective examples of how to work through the writing process. For readers who want to sharpen their critical thinking skills in order to read and write with keen perception about selections from both mainstream and culturally diverse authors.

Discovering Literature

Guth, Hans Paul

PRENTICE/HALL

This incredible collection of stories, poems, and plays enables the reader to compare and contrast literature from the different perspectives of culture, race, and gender. Carefully selected readings from the classics through today were chosen for their diversity and universal appeal. The book not only offers the selections themselves, but also offers comparative criticisms of the readings, enabling the reader to more fully understand and enjoy the best of literature through the ages. This anthology covers fiction, poetry, drama, comedy, and criticism from the perspectives of setting, character, plot, point of view, symbolism, theme, tone, and style. For anyone who is interested in owning an anthology that encompasses the greatest writings from the past and present in fiction, poetry, and plays.

Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays

"Discovering Literature" introduces students to the diversity of their literary culture, represented here by an accessible blend of classic favourites, contemporary pieces, and works from outside the mainstream. Through its discussions, expanded canon, variety of critical perspectives, and juxtapositions of similar works by authors from different periods or traditions, the book encourages investigations of literature.

Discovering Literature: Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

The book elicits the students' intellectual engagement, emotional involvement, and imaginative participation with 75 stories from a blend of classic favorites, contemporary pieces, and works from outside the mainstream. Balances classic and modern works by men and women, white authors and minority authors, mainstream and formerly unheard-of voices; presents two or more contrasting interpretations of a work; pairs works from different periods or traditions that share a common theme to spark discussions; provides critical excerpts throughout the book; gives helpful guidelines for writing about important elements of literature; and more. An introductory guide for students of Fiction or Literature.

Discovering Fiction

The book elicits the students' intellectual engagement, emotional involvement, and imaginative participation with 393 poems from a blend of classic favorites, contemporary pieces, and works from outside the mainstream. Balances classic and modern works by men and women, white authors and minority authors, mainstream and formerly unheard-of voices; presents two or more contrasting interpretations of a work; pairs works from different periods or traditions that share a common theme to spark discussions; provides critical excerpts throughout the book; gives helpful guidelines for writing about important elements of literature; and more. An introductory guide for students of Poetry or Literature.

Discovering Poetry

Longman Pub. Group

A Blair Press Book. In both apparatus and selections, it is the most reader-oriented of the major anothologies. Selection introductions provide essential context and analytical tools, while follow-up questions promote both close reading and personal response. This comprehensive literature anthology organized around the three major literary genres contains writing ideas and examples throughout, and a writing-about-literature section at the end of each chapter supplies writing suggestions, guides, and models. A substantial number of newer or less-traditional works are juxtaposed with classic favorites, all of which are distinctive and accessible.

Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays (2nd Edition)

Writing in a Changing World is an all-in-one writer's guide, reader, research guide, and handbook designed for today's very diverse student population. Writing in a Changing World builds students' competence and confidence by guiding them through gradually more challenging writing tasks. This guide progresses from first-hand observation and personal experience to public issues, helping students build the bridge from personal writing to public discourse. It also moves from an early emphasis on critical reading and informal research through more sophisticated rhetorical and critical thinking strategies to formal research and the documented research paper. Extensive readings, frequent assignments, chapters on writing about literature and writing on the job, and an editing guide with special help for ESL students make Writing in a Changing World an exceptionally rich resource for first-year students and instructors.

Writing in a Changing World: Writer's Guide with Handbook

Longman

A step-by-step guide to writing that includes excerpts from one of Rico's seminars. 32-page booklet and cassette.

Writing the Natural Way: The Right Brain Writing Technique

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Audio-Forum

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