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The most popular introductory anthology of its kind, Kennedy/Gioia's Literature continues to inspire students with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays.  Poets in their own right, editors X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human perspective to this comprehensive anthology.  Organized into three genres-Literature, Tenth Edition, presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by apt works, supported by useful writing tips, and followed by (now) seven full chapters devoted to writing.  A broad scope of traditional and contemporary works is provided, most headed by author images and richly detailed biographical notes and some followed by author commentary.  While maintaining the characteristics of its previous editions--accessible apparatus, expansive author representation--this tenth edition of Literature has been re-imagined to include new casebooks, a lively new design, and more writing coverage than ever before. New students of literature.

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• Indicate selections that are new to this edition
• Fiction
• 1 Reading A Story
• Fable, Parable, and Tales
• W Somerset Maugham, The Appointment in Samarra
• Aesop, The North Wind and the Su?
• Bidpai, The Camel and His Friend?
• Independenc?
• Godfather Death
• Plot
• The Short Stor?
• A & P
• Writing Effectively
• Writers on Writin?
• Why Write?
• Writing About Plo?
• Paying Attention to Plo?
• Checklist: Analyzing Plo?
• Writing Assignment on Plo?
• More Topics For Writing
• 2 Point Of View
• A Rose for Emily
• Teenage Wastelan?
• Sonny's Blues
• A Worn Path
• Writing Effectively
• Writers on Writin?
• Race and the African American Writer
• Writing About Point of Vie?
• How Point of View Shapes a Stor?
• Checklist: Understanding Point of Vie?
• Writing Assignment on Point of Vie?
• More Topics for Writing
• 3 Character
• The Jilting of Granny Weatheral?
• Katherine Mansfield, Miss Brill
• The Rich Brothe?
• Cathedral
• Writing Effectively
• Writers on Writin?
• Commonplace but Precise Language
• Writing About Characte?
• How Character Creates Actio?
• Checklist: Writing About Character
• Writing Assignment on Character

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Widely anthologized, Kennedy's poetry may not be as influential among contemporary poets as others' because of his preference for, in his words, "old-fangled structures most poets have junked these days." As Kennedy's comments on his verse suggest, his poetry is witty, concise, and unpretentious. His subject matter is drawn from the everyday including his Catholic background and middle-class suburban life. Yet his concerns can be profound including death, violence, suicide, and Genesis.

(Bowker Author Biography)