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An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Texas AP* Edition

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X.J. KENNEDY

Dana Gioia

Words, Language & Grammar

Pearson/Custom Publishing

The newest, smallest, and most economical member of the Kennedy/Gioia family, Backpack Literature is a brief paperback version of the discipline's most popular introduction to literature anthology. Like its bigger, bestselling predecessors, Backpack Literature features the authors' collective poetic voice which brings personal warmth and a human perspective to the discussion of literature, adding to students' interest in the readings.

Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing

DAN STONE

Pearson

The Twelfth Edition of Literature: An Introductiuon to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing,edited by X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, includes eleven new stories from students’ favorite authors: ZZ Packer’s “Brownies,” Ray Bradbury’s, “The Sound of Thunder,” Anne Tyler’s, “Teenage Wasteland,” David Leavitt’s, “A Place I’ve Never Been” and Isabel Allende’s “The Judge’s Wife.” More than 60 new accessible and engaging poems have been added including former Iraqi soldier Brian Turner’s “The Hurt Locker,” Katha Pollit’s “The Mind-Body Problem” as well as poetweets from Lawrence Bridges and Robert Pinsky. In addition, there are new poems from Kay Ryan, Benjamin Alire Saenz, H. D, Gary Snyder, Joy Harjo, Tami Haaland, Robert Hayden, Denise Levertov, and William Carlos Williams. Three new one-act plays help “ease” students into the study of this genre. The new plays include two comedies-- David Ives’s, Sure Thing and Jane Martin’s Beauty–a

Literature:An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing (12th Edition) INSTRUCTORS REVIEW COPY

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

College writing and literature text.

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Pearson/Longman

Kennedy/Gioia's An Introduction to Fiction, 11th edition continues to inspire students with a rich collection of fiction and engaging insights on reading, analyzing, and writing about stories. This bestselling anthology includes sixty-five 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 10 new stories, three masterwork casebooks, revised and expanded chapters on writing, and a new design. <li> New “Key Terms Review” feature at the end of every major chapter—provide students a simple study guide to go over key concepts and terms in each chapter. </li>
<li> New 2009 MLA guidelines—provides students the updated source citation guidelines from the new 7th edition of the MLA Handbook and incorporates these in all sample student papers. </li>
<li> New section on “Writing a Response Paper”—provides instructions and a sample student essay for this popular type of writing assignment. </li>
<li> Updated, revised format to increase accessibility and ease of use—newly added section titles and sub-titles will help Web-oriented students navigate easily from topic to topic in every chapter. Additionally, all chapters have been reviewed and updated to include relevant cultural references. </li>

An Introduction to Fiction Eleventh Edition

British & Irish

Longman

The material is presented in a newly revised, easier to study format and inlcudes MLA's latest guidelines. Conversations between Dana Gioia and celebrated fiction writer Amy Tan, current U. S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, and contemporary playwright David Ives, offer students an insider's look into the importance of reading to three contemporary writers. A Latin American Writers casebook is new to Fiction and collects some of the finest authors from the region including Octavia Paz, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Ines Arendondo. A casebook on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" is now featured as part of the Three Stories In-depth chapter. Many new writers have been added including Naguib Mahfouz, Virginia Woolf, Sherman Alexie, Mary Oliver, Bettie Sellers, and Anne Deavere Smith. As always, editors X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human perspective to the Eleventh Edition of this comprehensive anthology.

Instructor's Manual for Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, 11 th ed

Examination copy. The book, primarily a collection of fiction and nonfiction, is in excellent shape - clean, no highlighting, no problems with the binding - guaranteed. Some shelf wear to the covers and spine, some very light wear to a few of the pages. Ships fast with USPS tracking.

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing Compact Interactive Edition

a couple of used over years but ok with highlights

Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Drama, & Writing-- 3rd. Edition

Instructor's Manual for Backpack Literature:An Int

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