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  <titleInfo>
    <title>The compact Bedford introduction to literature</title>
    <subTitle>reading, thinking, writing</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart> Meyer, Michael</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1945-</namePart>
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  <originInfo>
    <edition>Eight Edition</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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    <extent>xlvi, 1652 pages : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm</extent>
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  <tableOfContents> 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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">[compiled by] Michael Meyer.</note>
  <note> Includes indexes.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Literature</topic>
    <topic>Collections</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>College readers</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn"> 9780312469597</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">0312469594</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2007934706</identifier>
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