Written with the student in mind, this text includes an impressive collection of both traditional and contemporary poems representing a cultural diversity of authors and a richness in the range of style. To frame the selections, the text presents helpful apparatus and extensive material on writing about literature 66 new poems and 17 new works of critical prose have been added to this new edition, along with 6 student sample essays, and new Writing Critically sections at the end of the chapters.
With its process-oriented rhetoric, provocative thematic reader, up-to-date research manual, and comprehensive handbook, The Bedford Guide for College Writers gives your students the tools they need to succeed as writers -- all in one book. Each of the book's four main components has been carefully developed to provide an engaging, well-coordinated guide for student writers. This edition's new, more open design and sharper focus on active learning do even more to help students develop transferable skills. The Bedford Guide for College Writers prepares students to be the confident, resourceful, and independent writers they will need to be.
An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama - Sixth Edition
1632 Seiten
58 Lesestunden
Literature helps readers develop sensitivities to language, gender, race, and culture. It provides a forum for exploration and an opportunity to emerge beyond one's self, see through another's eyes, and live as someone else. Between the covers of this sampling of world-class literature are countless readings that possess the power to make a lifelong impact. The sixth edition of Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama offers •Fifty-six short stories, including Franz Kafka's unforgettable novella "The Metamorphosis" •An innovative new chapter in the poetry section featuring fifteen teachable new poems in praise of diversity •Fifteen dramatic plays, including Shakespeare's Hamlet and Othello and Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone • "Critical Approaches to Literature," an entirely new supplement at the back of the text, which explains and provides examples of nine critical approaches to studying literature This edition features a new co-editor, Dana Gioia, author, poet, teacher, and literary critic, who adds a new multicultural and contemporary approach to the text. --back cover
One of the most widely adopted composition readers of all time, The Bedford Reader is distinguished by the quality of its selections and by the engaging and practical way it explains rhetorical patterns and makes them relevant to student writers.
