An edition of The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature--Eighth Edition
(2009)
The compact Bedford introduction to literature
reading, thinking, writing
8th ed.
by Michael Meyer, Margaret Atwood, Lewis Carroll, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Arthur Miller, Edgar Allan Poe, Annie Proulx, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Tennessee Williams, and Richard Wright
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Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Crime, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Horror stories, Juvenile fiction, Revenge, Collections, College readers, literature, freedom, selfhood, self-fulfilment, meaning of love, short story, class conflict, tradition, change, death, short stories, allegory, nonlinear narrative, gentleman's agreements, recluses, Mentally ill women, sextons, clergy, Satanism, Puritans, catechism, Devil, Boys, Fathers and daughters, Young men, Copyists, Psychology, Securities industry, history and criticism, flashback, literary fiction, Death of a Salesman, Play, Sales personnel, Open Library Staff Picks, Fathers and sons, American drama, Drama, Selling, Characters, Study and teaching, Domestic drama, Plays, Father-son relationship, American literature, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, memory plays, autobiographical drama, Family, Human relations, Brothers and sisters, Mothers and sons, Families, Young women with disabilities, Mothers and daughters, Interpersonal relationsPeople
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Reading imaginative literature
FICTION
Reading fiction
Writing about fiction
Plot
Character
Setting
Point of view
Symbolism
Theme
Style, tone, and irony
Combiningt he elements of fiction: A writing process
A study of Nathaniel Hawthorne
A study of Flannery O'Connor
A critical case study: William Faulkner's "Barn Burning"
A thematic case study: The literature of the South
A thematic case study: Humor and satire
An album of contemproary stories
Stories for further reading
POETRY
Reading poetry
Encountering poetry: Images of poetry in popular culture
Writing about poetry
Word choice, word order, and tone
Images
Figures of speech
Symbol, allegory, and irony
Sounds
Patterns of Rhythm
Poetic forms
A study of Robert Frost
A study of Langston Hughes
A study of Julia Alvarez: Five poems
A thematic case study: Love and longing
A thematic case study: Teaching and learning
A thematic case study: Humor and satire
An album of contemporary poems
A collection of poems
A thematic case study: Border crossings
DRAMA
Reading drama
Writing about drama
A study of Sophocles
A study of William Shakespeare
Modern Drama
A critical case study: Henrik Ibsen's " A Doll House"
A thematic case study: An album of contemporary humor and satire
Plays for further reading
Critical strategies for reading
Reading adn writing
The literary research paper
Taking essay examinations.
Edition Notes
Includes indexes.
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