Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing
Posted on July 27th, 2010 by
Product Description
This anthology focuses on writing about literature which is integrated in every chapter. Each element (i.e. character, setting, tone) is covered by a sample student essay and commentary on the essay. 32 MLA ??… More >>
This book has a companion video series called Literary Visions. That series alsoo includes a study guide. I would highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Obviously I purchased this for class, but unlike some textbooks which can be boring this one was really great. It’s more of a collection of plays, stories, poems, etc. than a “literature is blah, blah, blah”. It’s also very informative, some of the english books I’ve had for other classes have been really boring or they’ve cut some of the authors work short. This one gives you so much that I’d really call it more of a book of collected works than a textbook.
It’s also broken into sections like Fiction, Poems, which makes it easy to navigate through and the sections are further broken into chapters such as theme, setting, etc. with works that correspond, so you really get a good example of what each chapter is talking about.
One negative though would be the size, it’s really big but with all that’s included I guess it only makes sense that it would be that massive.
All in all it was a great purchase plus I think I bought it from someone on Amazon for a $1 (for a hardcover!) so it was also a good buy. My suggestion would be that more English professosrs should use it or for anyone who just wants to be informed literally, this is a really good book.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this text for use in a college English class. I truly enjoyed it so much that I decided to keep it after the class was over. It contains a wonderful compliation of different types of literature – lots of classics. Really gives the reader the ability to understand good literature and an appreciation for the abilities of a good author!
Rating: 5 / 5
Without this book I would not have been able to even pass my Eng. 102 class. It has alot of good stories in it that helped me with my writing process.
Rating: 5 / 5
It’s an excellent anthology. Here are some of the writers, playwrights, authors, and others who have contributed to this text.
Aesop; Matthew Arnold;
Anne Bradstreet; Aphra Behn; William Blake; Robert Burns; Lord Byron; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Robert Browning; Robert Bridges;
Thomas Campion; Richard Crashaw; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Lewis Carroll;
Michael Drayton; John Donne; John Dryden; Emily Dickinson;
Anne Finch;
Thomas Gray;
Robert Herrick; George Herbert; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Frances E.W. Harper; Thomas Hardy;
Henrik Ibsen;
Ben Jonson;
Henry King; John Keats;
Richard Lovelace;
Christopher Marlowe; John Milton; Andrew Marvell; Moliere;
Thomas Nashe;
Katherine Phillips; Alexander Pope; Edgar Allan Poe;
Sir Walter Raleigh; Christina Rossetti;
Sophocles; Saint Luke; Edmund Spenser; Sir Philip Sidney; William Shakespeare; Jonathan Swift; Percy Shelley;
Edward Taylor; Lord Alfred Tennyson; Mark Twain;
Sir Thomas Wyatt; Edmyund Waller; Phyllis Wheatley; William Wordsworth; Cornelius Whur; Walt Whitman;
Rating: 5 / 5