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Exploring Literature: Writing and Arguing about Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay, 3/E
Frank Madden, SUNY, Westchester Community College

ISBN-10: 0321366301
ISBN-13:  9780321366306

Publisher:  Longman
Copyright:  2007
Format:  Paper; 1424 pp
Published:  07/10/2006


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Featuring culturally rich and diverse literature, this anthology weaves critical thinking into every facet of its writing apparatus and guides students through the process of crafting their personal responses into persuasive arguments. 

 

With engaging selections, provocative themes, and comprehensive coverage of the writing process, Madden's anthology is sure to capture the reader's imagination. Exploring Literature opens with five chapters dedicated to writing and arguing about literature. An anthology follows, organized around five themes. Each thematic unit includes an ethnically diverse collection of short stories, poems, plays, and essays, as well as a case study to help students explore literature from various perspectives. 


Features

  • Practical discussions of the writing process and ideas for connecting with the literature are introduced in Part I, "Making Connections."  Practical tools for writing appear throughout the text, including handy checklists; diagrams; sample student essays; a chapter on research; and an Appendix on MLA Documentation.
  • Strong coverage of argument in Part II, "Analysis, Argumentation, and Research" helps students approach literature with a critical eye and outlines a strategy for planning and developing a critical essay or research paper.    
  • Reader-response techniques engage students in the process of writing thoughtful essays; “First Responses” questions prompt students to gain insights from their initial reactions to literature; “Making Connections” questions encourage students to personalize, compare, and connect works in their thinking and writing; and new “Making an Argument” questions ask students to craft cohesive critical essays about single and multiple works. 
  • A rich selection of literature, from classic to contemporary, covering all four genres–poetry, fiction, drama, the essay–represents diversity in voice and ethnicity and illustrates a variety of styles and forms. 
  • A "Case Study in Context" at the end of every thematic section serves as a springboard for research and writing projects by exploring the work of significant writers and their life and times.  "Thinking about Interpretation and Biography" examines Lorraine Hansberry's "Raisin in the Sun," and "Interpretation in Context" looks at Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and the role of women in artifacts from the 18th and 19th centuries.  
  • "Connecting Through Comparison" mini-themes in the readings chapters ask students to compare works on related topics to generate ideas for writing, such as Cinderella, love proposals, Sept. 11, and images of war.   A four-color insert, Poetry and Painting, features several famous paintings and the poems written about them.   
  • Pedagogy designed to engage students includes images of authors and related cultural materials, “Connecting Through Collaboration” exercises designed for small group discussion; student journal responses as a starting point for critical writing; and an appendix on Writing about Film.


New To This Edition

  • An increased emphasis on argument provides more information on the process of forming a coherent argument in Parts I and II, and more argument-focused questions in Part III. 
  • New selections to this edition include 6 stories, 24 poems, 9 essays, and 2 plays, including David Mamet's "Oleanna" and John Millington Synge's "Riders to the Sea."  
  • New "Exploring the Literature of…Making Connections and Arguments" writing assignments at the end of each thematic unit ask students to relate multiple works across different genres to elicit provocative topics for writing and arguing.   
  • Two new “Connecting Through Comparison,” mini-themes compare and contrast different versions of Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" and Glaspell's play, "Trifles," with her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers."      
  • A new theme, “Innocence and Experience,” brings together the work of classic authors—such as James Joyce and Edgar Lee Masters—with contemporary writers like Judith Ortiz Cofer and David Sedaris.  An expanded Case Study on Hamlet provides additional critical commentary of the work on-screen.
  • A new theme, “Culture and Identity,” showcases the works of authors such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Rodriguez, Thomas King, and the writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • A new Case Study on Emily Dickinson contains 16 of her poems—11 new to this edition—two of her letters, and accompanying commentary by her critics and fellow poets.   
  • An updated Appendix A: Critical Approaches to Literature includes current sources for various types of literary criticism.  An expanded Appendix C: MLA Documentation contains additional electronic source items, including entries for database and Internet citation. 


Table of Contents

* indicate selections new to this edition

 

I. MAKING CONNECTIONS

1. Participation: Personal Response and Critical Thinking

The Personal Dimension of Reading Literature

Personal Response and Critical Thinking

Writing to Learn

            Your First Response

                        Checklist: Your First Response

            Keeping a Journal or Reading Log

                        Double-Entry Journals and Logs

            The Social Nature of Learning: Collaboration

            Personal, Not Private

Ourselves as Readers

            Different Kinds of Reading

PETER MEINKE, Advice to My Son

Making Connections with Literature

            Images of Ourselves

Connecting Through Experience

PAUL ZIMMER, Zimmer in Grade School

Connecting Through Experience

STEVIE SMITH, Not Waving but Drowning

            Culture, Experience, and Values

Connecting Through Experience

ROBERT HAYDEN, Those Winter Sundays

Connecting Through Experience

MARGE PIERCY, Barbie Doll

Being in the Moment

NEW YORK TIMES, “Birmingham Bomb Kills 4”

DUDLEY RANDALL, Ballad of Birmingham

Participating, Not Solving

Using Our Imaginations

The Whole and Its Parts

2. Communication: Writing a Response Essay

The Response Essay

                        Checklist: The Basics of a Response Essay

Voice and Writing

            Voice and Response to Literature

Connecting Through Experience

COUNTEE CULLEN, Incident

Writing to Describe

            Choosing Details

            Choosing Details from Literature

Connecting Through Experience

SANDRA CISNEROS, Eleven

Writing to Compare

            Comparing and Contrasting Using a Venn Diagram

Connecting Through Experience

ANNA QUINDLEN, Mothers

Connecting Through Experience

LANGSTON HUGHES, Salvation

            Possible Worlds

            From First Response to Final Draft

                        The Importance of Revision

                        Using Your First Response

                        Using First or Third Person in Formal Essays

Formatting and Documenting Your Essay

            Checklist: Some Basics for a Literary Essay

            Checklist: Editing and Proofreading

II. ANALYSIS, ARGUMENTATION, AND RESEARCH

3. Exploration and Analysis: Genre and the Elements of Literature

Close Reading

Annotating the Text

            First Annotation: Exploration

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, Ozymandias

            Second Annotation: Analysis

            Literature in Its Many Contexts

            Your Critical Approach

Reading and Analyzing Fiction

            Summary Checklist: Analyzing Fiction

Narration

            Point of View

Setting

Conflict

Plot

Character

Language and Style

            Diction

            Symbol

            Irony

            Theme

Getting Ideas for Writing About Fiction

KATE CHOPIN, The Story of an Hour

Reading and Analyzing Poetry

            Summary Checklist: Analyzing Poetry

Language and Style

            Denotation and Connotation

            Voice

            Tone

            Irony

STEPHEN CRANE, War Is Kind

            Imagery

HELEN CHASIN, The Word Plum

ROBERT BROWNING, Meeting at Night

                                                Parting at Morning

            Figurative Language: Everyday Poetry

LANGSTON HUGHES, A Dream Deferred

N. SCOTT MOMADAY, Simile

CARL SANDBURG, Fog

JAMES STEPHENS, The Wind

            Symbol

ROBERT FROST, The Road Not Taken

Sound and Structure

            Rhyme, Alliteration, and Assonance

            Finding the Beat: Limericks

            Meter

            Formal Verse: The Sonnet

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Sonnet No. 29

            Blank Verse

            Free or Open Form Verse

WALT WHITMAN, When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Interpretation: What Does the Poem Mean?

            Explication

Types of Poetry

            Lyric Poetry

            Narrative Poetry

Getting Ideas for Writing About Poetry

MAY SWENSON, Pigeon Woman

Reading and Analyzing Drama

            Summary Checklist: Analyzing Drama

Reading a Play

            Point of View

            Set and Setting

            Conflict

            Plot

            The Poetics

            Tragedy

            Comedy

            Characterization

Language and Style

            Diction

            Symbol

            Irony

Theme

Periods of Drama: A Brief Background

            Greek Drama

            Shakespearean Drama

            Modern Drama

Getting Ideas for Writing About Drama

            Tips on Reading Antigonê

SOPHOCLES, Antigonê

Reading and Analyzing Essays

            Summary Checklist: Analyzing Essays

Types of Essays

            Narrative

            Expository

            Argumentative

Language, Style, and Structure

            Formal or Informal

            Voice

            Word Choice and Style

            Theme or Thesis: What’s the Point?

            The Aims of an Essay: Inform, Preach, or Reveal

Getting Ideas for Writing About the Essay

AMY TAN, Mother Tongue

4. Argumentation: Writing a Critical Essay

The Critical Essay

Interpretation and Evaluation

            Interpretation: What Does it Mean?

            Evaluation: How Well Does it Work?

Options for a Critical Essay: Process and Product

                        Checklist: Options for Writing a Critical Essay

            An Analytical Essay

            A Comparative Essay

            A Thematic Essay

            An Essay about the Beliefs or Actions of the Narrator or Characters

            A Contextual Essay

Argumentation: Writing a Critical Essay

            The Shape of an Argument

                        Checklist: Writing a Critical Essay

            Planning Your Argument

            Supporting Your Argument: Induction and Substantiation

            Opening, Closing, and Revising Your Argument

From First Response to Critical Essay

The Development of a Critical Essay

            Planning an Argument

            Supporting the Argument

            Suzanne’s Draft

            Revising the Essay

            Suzanne’s Revised Essay

5. Research: Writing with Secondary Sources

The Research Essay

Checklist: Writing a Research Essay

Creating, Expanding, and Joining Interpretive Communities

It Is Your Interpretation

            Integrating Sources into Your Writing

Getting Started

            Journal Entries, Notes, and Your Classmates

            Some Popular Areas of Literary Research

Your Search

            People

            The Library

            Reference Works

            Finding Sources on the Internet

            Evaluating Internet Sources

            Checklist: Evaluating Internet Sources

Taking Notes

            What Must Be Documented

            Where and How

            Paraphrasing and Summarizing

            Quoting

            Avoiding Plagiarism

From First Response to Research Essay

CASE STUDY IN RESEARCH

Thinking About Interpretation, Culture, and Research

James Joyce and “Eveline”

JAMES JOYCE, Eveline

            Prof. Devenish’s Commentary

            A Student Research Essay—“Leaving Home”

III. A THEMATIC ANTHOLOGY

Family and Friends

A Dialogue Across History

Family and Friends: Exploring Your Own Values and Beliefs

Reading and Writing About Family and Friends

Fiction

CHINUA ACHEBE, Marriage Is a Private Affair

JAMES BALDWIN, Sonny’s Blues

JOHN CHEEVER, Reunion

LOUISE ERDRICH, The Red Convertible

LINDA CHING SLEDGE, The Road

AMY TAN, Two Kinds

EUDORA WELTY, A Worn Path

Poetry

Connecting Through Comparison: Remembrance

ELIZABETH GAFFNEY, Losses That Turn Up in Dreams

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought (Sonnet No. 30)

JULIA ALVAREZ, Dusting

ROBERT FROST, Mending Wall

SEAMUS HEANEY, Digging

PHILIP LARKIN, This Be the Verse

MICHAEL LASSELL, How to Watch Your Brother Die

LI-YOUNG LEE, The Gift

JANICE MIRIKITANI, For My Father

SHARON OLDS, 35/10

THEODORE ROETHKE, My Papa’s Waltz

CATHY SONG, The Youngest Daughter

Drama

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, The Glass Menagerie

Essays

BELL HOOKS, Inspired Eccentricity**

MARK TWAIN, Advice to Youth

CASE STUDY IN CONTEXT

Thinking About Interpretation and Biography

Lorraine Hansberry and A Raisin in the Sun

LORRAINE HANSBERRY, A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry—In Her Own Words

In Others’ Words

JAMES BALDWIN, Sweet Lorraine

JULIUS LESTER, The Heroic Dimension in A Raisin in the Sun

ANNE CHENEY, The African Heritage in A Raisin in the Sun

STEVEN R. CARTER, Hansberry’s Artistic Misstep

MARGARET B. WILKERSON, Hansberry’s Awareness of Culture and Gender

MICHAEL ANDERSON, A Raisin in the Sun: A Landmark Lesson in Being Black

A Student Essay

Exploring the Literature of Family and Friends: Options for Making Connections and Arguments

Innocence and Experience

A Dialogue Across History

Innocence and Experiences: Exploring Your Own Values and Beliefs

Reading and Writing About Innocence and Experience

Fiction

JULIA ALVAREZ, Snow

TONI CADE BAMBARA, The Lesson

THOMAS BULFINCH, The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus

RALPH ELLISON, Battle Royal

LILIANA HEKER, The Stolen Party

JAMES JOYCE, Araby

JOYCE CAROL OATES, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

FRANK O’CONNOR, Guests of the Nation **

TWO READERS/TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS: JOHN UPDIKE, A&P

Two Sample Student Essays

Poetry

Connecting Through Comparison: Images of Innocence and Experience

WILLIAM BLAKE, London

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

Connecting Through Comparison: The Chimney Sweeper

WILLIAM BLAKE, The Chimney Sweeper (From Songs of Innocence) **; The Chimney Sweeper (From Songs of Experience) **     

MARGARET ATWOOD, Siren Song

ROBERT FROST, “Out, Out ...”

SEAMUS HEANEY, Mid-Term Break

A. E. HOUSMAN, When I Was One-and-Twenty

EDGAR LEE MASTERS, Ernest Hyde (Spoon River Anthology)**

EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, Richard Cory

Anne Sexton, Pain for a Daughter **

Walt Whitman, There was a Child Went Forth **

Essays

JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, I Fell in Love, or My Hormones Awakened **

EDWARD CONLON, The Midnight Tour **

DAVID SEDARIS, The Learning Curve **

CASE STUDY IN CONTEXT

Thinking About Interpretation and Performance

William Shakespeare and “Hamlet”

Interpretation and Performance

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

            Desperately Seeking Hamlet: Four Interpretations

                        Olivier’s Hamlet

                        Jacobi’s Hamlet

                        Gibson’s Hamlet

                        Branagh’s Hamlet

            From Part to Whole, From Whole to Part

            A Student Essay—An Explication of  the “To Be, or Not To Be” Soliloquy

HAMLET ON SCREEN

            A Critic’s  Influential Interpretation

                        Ernest Jones, Hamlet’s Oedipus Complex **

            Hamlet On Screen

                        Bernice Kliman,  The BBC Hamlet: A Television Production **

                        Claire Bloom, Playing Gertrude on Television **

                        Stanley Kauffmann, At Elsinore: Branagh’s Hamlet **

                        Russell Jackson, A Film Diary of the Shooting of

                                    Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet **

            Exploring the Literature of Innocence and Experience: Options for Making Connections and Arguments

CASE STUDY IN POETRY AND PAINTING: Connecting Through Comparison

PETER BRUEGHEL, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus  / W. H. AUDEN, Musée des Beaux Arts and ALAN DEVENISH, Icarus Again

JACOPO TINTORETTO, Crucifixion  / N. SCOTT MOMADAY, Before an Old Painting of the Crucifixion

EDWARD HOPPER, Nighthawks  / SAMUEL YELLEN, Nighthawks

VINCENT VAN GOGH, Starry Night  / ANNE SEXTON, The Starry Night

HENRI MATISSE, Dance ** / NATALIE SAFIR, Matisse’s Dance **

JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET, The Gleaners  / MARY ELLEN LECLAIR, The Clark Institute: Labor Day, 1999

EDWIN ROMANZO ELMER, The Mourning Picture  / ADRIENNE RICH, Mourning Picture

JAN VERMEER, The Loveletter  / SANDRA NELSON, When a Woman Holds a Letter

A Student’s Comparison and Contrast Essay: Process and Product

Exploring Poetry and Painting: Options for Making Connections and Arguments

Women and Men

A Dialogue Across History

Women and Men: Exploring Your Own Values and Beliefs

Reading and Writing About Women and Men

Fiction

ANTON CHEKHOV, The Lady with the Pet Dog

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN, The Yellow Wallpaper

BESSIE HEAD,  Life **

ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Hills Like White Elephants

D. H. LAWRENCE, The Horse Dealer’s Daughter

BOBBIE ANN MASON, Shiloh

ROSARIO MORALES, The Day It Happened

Poetry

Connecting Through Comparison: Be My Love

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

WALTER RALEIGH, The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd

ANDREW MARVELL, To His Coy Mistress

MAYA ANGELOU, Phenomenal Woman

MARGARET ATWOOD, You Fit into Me

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, How Do I Love Thee?

ROBERT BROWNING, Porphyria’s Lover

NIKKI GIOVANNI, Woman

JUDY GRAHN, Ella, in a Square Apron, Along Highway 80

ESSEX HEMPHILL, Commitments **

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why; Love Is Not All

Pablo Neruda, The Fickle One **

SHARON OLDS, Sex Without Love

SYLVIA PLATH, Mirror

ALBERTO RIOS, The Purpose of Altar Boys

Connecting Through Comparison: Shall I Compare Thee?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? (Sonnet No. 18)

HOWARD MOSS, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun (Sonnet No. 130)

Connecting and Comparing Across Genres: Cinderella

JACOB LUDWIG CARL GRIMM AND WILHELM CARL GRIMM, Cinderella

ANNE SEXTON, Cinderella

BRUNO BETTELHEIM, Cinderella

Drama

ANTON CHEKHOV, The Proposal

Connecting and Comparing Across Genres: Drama and Fiction

SUSAN GLASPELL, The Play: Trifles

SUSAN GLASPELL, The Short Story: A Jury of Her Peers **

Essays

SEI SHONAGAN, A Lover’s Departure

VIRGINIA WOOLF, If Shakespeare Had a Sister

CASE STUDY IN CONTEXT

Thinking About Interpretation in Context

Women in Cultural and Historical Context

HENRIK IBSEN, A Doll’s House

The Adams Letters

A Husband’s Letter to His Wife

SOJOURNER TRUTH, “Ain’t I a Woman”

HENRIK IBSEN, Notes for the Modern Tragedy

The Changed Ending of A Doll’s House for a German Production

Speech at the Banquet of the Norwegian League for Women’s Rights

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Excerpt from The Solitude of Self

WILBUR FISK TILLETT, Excerpt from Southern Womanhood

DOROTHY DIX, The American Wife

Women and Suicide

CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON (GILMAN), Excerpt from Women and Economics

NATALIE ZEMON DAVIS AND JILL KER CONWAY, The Rest of the Story

A Student Essay

Exploring the Literature of Women and Men: Options for Making Connections and Arguments

Culture and Identity

A Dialogue Across History

Culture and Identity: Exploring Your Own Values and Beliefs

Reading and Writing About Culture and Identity

Fiction

T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE, Greasy Lake

WILLA CATHER, Paul’s Case

KATE CHOPIN, Désirée’s Baby

WILLIAM FAULKNER, A Rose for Emily

JAMAICA KINCAID, Girl

Thomas King, Borders **

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

TAHIRA NAQVI, Brave We Are

ALICE WALKER, Everyday Use

Poetry

Connecting Through Comparison: The Mask We Wear

W. H. AUDEN, The Unknown Citizen

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, We Wear the Mask

T. S. ELIOT, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

SHERMAN ALEXIE, On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City

GLORIA ANZALDÚA, To Live in the Borderlands Means You

ELIZABETH BISHOP, In the Waiting Room

GWENDOLYN BROOKS, We Real Cool

E.E. CUMMINGS, anyone lived in a pretty how town

MARTIN ESPADA, Latin Night at the Pawn Shop

PAT MORA, Immigrants

MARGE PIERCY, To Be of Use

EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON,  Mr. Flood’s Party

JOHN UPDIKE, Ex-Basketball Player

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, At the Ball Game

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Connecting Through Comparison: What Is Poetry?

ARCHIBALD MACLEISH, Ars Poetica

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, Constantly Risking Absurdity

BILLY COLLINS, Introduction to Poetry

Drama

SOPHOCLES, Oedipus Rex

LUIS VALDEZ, Los Vendidos

Essays

CHARLES FRUEHLING SPRINGWOOD AND C. RICHARD KING, “Playing Indian”: Why Native American Mascots Must End

JOAN DIDION, Why I Write

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Learning to Read and Write

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., I Have a Dream

RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, Workers

JONATHAN SWIFT, A Modest Proposal

HENRY DAVID THOREAU, From Civil Disobedience

CASE STUDY IN CONTEXT

Writers of the Harlem Renaissance

ALAIN LOCKE, The New Negro

LANGSTON HUGHES, From The Big Sea

The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

I, Too

The Weary Blues

One Friday Morning

Theme for English B

CLAUDE MCKAY, America

GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT, Heritage

JEAN TOOMER, Reapers

COUNTEE CULLEN, Yet Do I Marvel

From the Dark Tower

ANNE SPENCER, Lady, Lady

GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON, I Want to Die While You Love Me

ZORA NEALE HURSTON, Sweat

Commentary on The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Langston Hughes

Jessie Fauset

Onwuchekwa Jemie

R. Baxter Miller

ALICE WALKER, Zora Neale Hurston: A Cautionary Tale and a Partisan View

A Sample Student Essay

Exploring the Literature of Culture and Identity: Options for Making Connections and Arguments

Faith and Doubt

A Dialogue Across History

Faith and Doubt: Exploring Your Own Values and Beliefs

Reading and Writing About Faith and Doubt

Fiction

RAYMOND CARVER, Cathedral

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Young Goodman Brown

PAM HOUSTON, A Blizzard Under Blue Sky

TIM O’BRIEN, The Things They Carried

FLANNERY O’CONNOR, A Good Man Is Hard To Find **

LUIGI PIRANDELLO, War

JOHN STEINBECK, The Chrysanthemums

Poetry

Connecting Through Comparison: September 11, 2001

DEBORAH GARRISON, I Saw You Walking

BRIAN DOYLE, Leap

BILLY COLLINS, The Names

MATTHEW ARNOLD, Dover Beach

ROBERT BRIDGES, London Snow

STEPHEN CRANE, A Man Said to the Universe,

The Wayfarer  **

JOHN DONNE, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning

Death, Be Not Proud

MARK DOTY, Brilliance

ROBERT FROST, Fire and Ice

TESS GALLAGHER, The Hug

THOMAS HARDY, HAP***

A. E. HOUSMAN, To an Athlete Dying Young

JOHN KEATS, When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be

GALWAY KINNELL, Saint Francis and the Sow

WILLIAM STAFFORD, Traveling Through the Dark

DYLAN THOMAS, Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

WALT WHITMAN, Song of Myself 6

Connecting Through Comparison: The Impact of War

THOMAS HARDY, The Man He Killed

AMY LOWELL, Patterns

WILFRED OWEN, Dulce et Decorum Est

CARL SANDBURG, Grass

Randall Jarrell, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner**

YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA, Facing It

Hurricane Katrina

DAN BROWN, The Corpse on Union Street**

Drama

JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE, Riders to the Sea  **

DAVID MAMET,  Oleanna **

Essays

ALBERT CAMUS, The Myth of Sisyphus

PLATO, The Allegory of the Cave

PHILIP SIMMONS, Learning to Fall

CASE STUDY IN CONTEXT

Poetry and Criticism: Emily Dickinson

Her Life

Her Work

The Poems

            Success Is Counted Sweetest  **

            Faith is a fine invention **

            There’s a Certain Slant of Light

            I like a look of agony  **

            Wild Nights—Wild Nights! **

            The Brain—is wider than the Sky **

            Much Madness Is Divinest Sense

            I’ve seen a dying eye **

            I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died—

            After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes

            Some keep the Sabbath going to Church **

            This world is not conclusion **

            There is a pain—so utter— **

            Because I could not stop for death **

            The Bustle in a House**

             Tell All the Truth But Tell It Slant

Making Connections

Emily Dickinson—In Her Own Words

            A Letter to Susan Gilbert Dickinson—her sister-in-law. (1852) **

            A Letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1862) **

In Others’ Words

            Thomas Wentworth Higginson, letter (1870) **

            Mary Loomis Todd, letter (1881) **

            Richard Wilbur, On Her Sense of Privation (1960) **

            Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, On  Her White Dress (1979) **

Critical Commentary on Her Poetry

            Helen McNeil, Dickinson’s Method **

            Cynthia Griffin Woolf, The Voices in Dickinson’s Poetry **

            Allan Tate, On Because I Could Not Stop for Death **

            Paula Bennett, On I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died **

Poems about Emily Dickinson

            Linda Pastan, Emily Dickinson **

            Billy Collins, Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes **

A Sample Student Essay

Exploring the Literature of Faith and Doubt: Options for Making Connections and Arguments

Appendix A:  Critical Approaches to Literature

Appendix B:  Writing About Film

Appendix C:  Documentation

 


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©2009  |  Longman  |  Access Code Card  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205696252  |  ISBN-13: 9780205696253
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Pearson Passport -- Standalone Access Card -- for Literature
Pearson
©2012  |  Longman  |  Access Code Card  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205116124  |  ISBN-13: 9780205116126
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Pearson Passport -- Valuepack Access Card -- for Literature
Pearson
©2012  |  Longman  |  Access Code Card  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205116078  |  ISBN-13: 9780205116072
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For the Composition Discipline

Diagnostic and Editing Tests and Exercises for 2007 English Handbooks (for instructors only) (for Instructors), 9/E
Pearson Longman
©2007  |  Longman  |  Paper; 224 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321415248  |  ISBN-13: 9780321415240

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Longman Editing Exercises (Valuepack item only), The
Ingalls
©2000  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0205317928  |  ISBN-13: 9780205317929

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Test Gen Diagnostic and Editing Tests and Exercises to accompany 2009 Handbooks, 6/E
Zimmerman
©2009  |  Longman  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0205655351  |  ISBN-13: 9780205655359

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TestGen Computerized Test Bank for Diagnostic and Editing Tests and Exercises for 2006 English Handbooks
Pearson Longman
©2006  |  Longman  |  CD-ROM Only  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321364988  |  ISBN-13: 9780321364982

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TestGen Computerized Test Bank for Diagnostic and Editing Tests and Exercises for 2007 English Handbooks (for Instructors), 2/E
Pearson Longman
©2007  |  Longman  |  CD-ROM Only  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321433238  |  ISBN-13: 9780321433237

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The Pearson Editing Exercises Answer Key, 2/E
Ingalls & Moody
©2009  |  Longman  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0205666175  |  ISBN-13: 9780205666171

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Analyzing Literature: A Guide for Students (Valuepack item only), 2/E
McGee
©2002  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321093380  |  ISBN-13: 9780321093387
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Building Bridges: The Allyn & Bacon Student Guide to Service-Learning
Hamner
©2002  |  Longman  |  Paper; 128 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319742  |  ISBN-13: 9780205319749
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CPS RF Classroom Performance System
eInstruction
©2010  |  Longman  |  Electronic Supplement  |  Available
ISBN-10: 020577864X  |  ISBN-13: 9780205778645
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Dangling Man
Bellow
©2008  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Estimated Availability : 09/01/2006
ISBN-10: 0143039873  |  ISBN-13: 9780143039877
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Essential Study Card for Grammar and Documentation
Pearson Longman
©2007  |  Longman  |  Study Card; 10 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321463137  |  ISBN-13: 9780321463135
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Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art, The

©2008  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 014025997X  |  ISBN-13: 9780140259971
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How to Write Psychology Papers, 2/E
Parrott
©1999  |  Longman  |  Paper; 144 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321044665  |  ISBN-13: 9780321044662
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iClicker Classroom Response System
iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008  |  Longman  |  Electronic Supplement  |  Available
ISBN-10: 0205594506  |  ISBN-13: 9780205594504
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InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005  |  Longman  |  Electronic Supplement  |  Available
ISBN-10: 0205436951  |  ISBN-13: 9780205436958
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Listening is an Act of Love
Isay
©2009  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0143114344  |  ISBN-13: 9780143114345
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Literacy Library Series: Academic Literacy, 2/E
Neeley
©2005  |  Longman  |  Paper; 216 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321183193  |  ISBN-13: 9780321183194
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Literacy Library Series: Workplace Literacy, 2/E
Spilka
©2003  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321127374  |  ISBN-13: 9780321127372
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Longman Composition Study Site (Open Access)
Pearson Longman
©2007  |  Longman  |  Website  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0205518281  |  ISBN-13: 9780205518289
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Longman Researcher's Journal, The (Valuepack item only)
Markus
©2002  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321095308  |  ISBN-13: 9780321095305
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Merriam Websters College Dictionary with CD-ROM, 11/E
Cicero
©2007  |  Longman  |  Paper Bound w/CD-ROM  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0877798095  |  ISBN-13: 9780877798095
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Model Research Papers from Across the Disciplines, 5/E
Lester
©1999  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 032104603X  |  ISBN-13: 9780321046031
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Mousetrap and Other Plays
Christie
©2006  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Estimated Availability : 09/01/2000
ISBN-10: 0451201140  |  ISBN-13: 9780451201140
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MySearchLab -- Standalone Access Card
Pearson
©2010  |  Longman  |  Access Code Card  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205699413  |  ISBN-13: 9780205699414
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O Pioneers!
Cather
©1991  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Estimated Availability : 08/31/2005
ISBN-10: 0321413873  |  ISBN-13: 9780321413871
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Oxford American Desk Dictionary & Thesaurus
OXFORD
©2003  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0425180689  |  ISBN-13: 9780425180686
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Oxford Essential Thesaurus
NONE
©2003  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0425164217  |  ISBN-13: 9780425164211
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Oxford New Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
©2009  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0425228622  |  ISBN-13: 9780425228623
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Pearson Guide to the 2009 MLA Handbook Updates
Pearson
©2010  |  Longman  |  Paper; 16 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205777732  |  ISBN-13: 9780205777730
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Public Literacy, 2/E
Ervin
©2003  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321129989  |  ISBN-13: 9780321129987
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Real Visual: A Guide to Composing and Analyzing with Images (Valuepack item only)
Anderson, Cooper, Lupton & Meeks
©2007  |  Longman  |  CD-ROM Only  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321423089  |  ISBN-13: 9780321423085
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SHADOW OF THE WIND

©2005  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0143034901  |  ISBN-13: 9780143034902
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Soloist, The
Lopez
©2009  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Estimated Availability : 09/01/2008
ISBN-10: 042522600X  |  ISBN-13: 9780425226001
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Study Card for Grammar and Documentation
Pearson Longman
©2005  |  Longman  |  Study Card; 0 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321292030  |  ISBN-13: 9780321292032
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Talk Talk
Boyle
©2009  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Estimated Availability : 06/01/2007
ISBN-10: 0143112155  |  ISBN-13: 9780143112150
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Using Portfolios
McClelland
©2001  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321084128  |  ISBN-13: 9780321084125
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What Every Multilingual Student Should Know About Writing for College
Kennedy & Bruce
©2013  |  Longman  |  Paper; 128 pp  |  Estimated Availability : 02/03/2012
ISBN-10: 0205230083  |  ISBN-13: 9780205230082
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What Every Student Needs to Know about Researching Online, 2/E
Munger & Campbell
©2013  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Estimated Availability : 01/18/2012
ISBN-10: 0205856462  |  ISBN-13: 9780205856466
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What Every Student Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism
Stern
©2007  |  Longman  |  Paper; 80 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321446895  |  ISBN-13: 9780321446893
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What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with APA Documentation: Updated for APA Sixth Edition, 2/E
Anderson, Carrell & Widdifield
©2010  |  Longman  |  Paper; 80 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205795811  |  ISBN-13: 9780205795819
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What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with MLA Documentation, Update Edition
Greer
©2010  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205715117  |  ISBN-13: 9780205715114
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What Every Student Should Know About Creating Portfolios
Eyman
©2008  |  Longman  |  Paper; 48 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205572502  |  ISBN-13: 9780205572502
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What Every Student Should Know About Practicing Peer Review
Trim
©2007  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321448480  |  ISBN-13: 9780321448484
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What Every Student Should Know About Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
Cox
©2007  |  Longman  |  Paper; 96 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205505457  |  ISBN-13: 9780205505456
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What Every Student Should Know About Procrastination
Hoffman
©2008  |  Longman  |  Paper; 64 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205582117  |  ISBN-13: 9780205582112
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What Every Student Should Know About Reading a Novel
Bonilla
©2013  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 020587052X  |  ISBN-13: 9780205870523
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What Every Student Should Know About Researching Online
Munger & Campbell
©2007  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321445317  |  ISBN-13: 9780321445315
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What Every Student Should Know About Study Skills
Pearson Longman
©2007  |  Longman  |  Paper; 72 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321447360  |  ISBN-13: 9780321447364
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What Every Student Should Know About Using a Handbook
Murray
©2009  |  Longman  |  Paper; 80 pp  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0205563848  |  ISBN-13: 9780205563845
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For the Literature & Creative Writing Discipline

Longman Electronic Testbank for Literature, The
Jacobs
©2003  |  Longman  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0321143140  |  ISBN-13: 9780321143143

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Longman Electronic Testbank for Literature, The
Jacobs
©2003  |  Longman  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0321143124  |  ISBN-13: 9780321143129

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Analyzing Literature: A Guide for Students (Valuepack item only), 2/E
McGee
©2002  |  Longman  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0321093380  |  ISBN-13: 9780321093387
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