Offering a thorough treatment of historical and critical context, the most comprehensive media package available, and a rich suite of tools to encourage close reading and thoughtful writing, the Shorter Twelfth Edition is unparalleled in ...
The Norton Introduction to Literature
Designed with an eye for both the uniqueness and the universality of outstanding literature, this text offers a unified, multicultural approach to the meaning, form, technique, and values in fiction, poetry, and drama.
The degrading environment of the planet is something that touches everyone. This 2011 book offers an introductory overview of literary and cultural criticism that concerns environmental crisis in some form.
Gathers examples of literature from Shakespeare to August Wilson, Leo Tolstoy to Amy Tan, and William Blake to Derek Walcott
Part 2 is a traditional reference guide to grammar, style, and usage. You will find yourself using the Handbook almost daily for instruction, reference, and evaluation.
Complementing this unparalleled collection are proven editorial features that offer students real help with reading, appreciating, and writing about literature.
It is the first volume of the Excellence in Literature curriculum, and is suitable for grades 8 and up.Students study and write about the books listed below.
Thus, for example, R.S. Crane argues in an essay first published in 1935 that literary history is essentially part of 'the general history of culture' (Crane 1967, 20), while a 'program of literary studies based on criticism' would ...
The Nelson Introduction to Literature explores the aesthetics of literature as an art form. Organized chronologically, this anthologya s essays, poetry, and short fiction range from traditional 16th century forms to contemporary selections.