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A unique thematic organization based on six types of human relationships with additional subthemes and subject clusters. Contains a wide variety of literary styles, periods and genres, including myths, folktales, short stories, poems, essays and plays.

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• Alternate Contents(p. xxi)
• Preface to the Third Edition(p. xxiii)
• Part 1 Parents and Children(p. 1)
• The Myth of Demeter and Persephone (from the Homeric Hymns)(p. 3)
• The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus(p. 12)
• Luke 15:11-32 (King James Bible), The Parable of the Prodigal Son(p. 14)
• Snow-White(p. 16)
• Writing Topics for Myths, Parables, and Folktales(p. 22)
• Snow White and Her Wicked Stepmother(p. 23)
• The Woman Warrior: Memories of a Childhood Among Ghosts (excerpt)(p. 29)
• El Doctor(p. 34)
• Writing Topics for Essays(p. 41)
• Through the Tunnel(p. 43)
• Seventeen Syllables(p. 50)
• Marriage Is a Private Affair(p. 60)
• I Stand Here Ironing(p. 65)
• Everyday Use: For Your Grandmama(p. 71)
• Counterparts(p. 78)
• The Moment Before the Gun Went Off(p. 86)
• Writing Topics for Short Stories(p. 89)
• Metaphors(p. 91)
• Now That I Am Forever with Child(p. 92)
• Mother to Son(p. 93)
• Those Winter Sundays(p. 94)
• Pomegranate(p. 94)
• The Pomegranate(p. 96)
• Daedalus(p. 97)
• O Daedalus, Fly Away Home(p. 99)
• The Prodigal(p. 100)
• The Prodigal Son(p. 101)
• My Papa's Waltz(p. 102)
• Daddy(p. 103)
• His Story(p. 106)
• Ms. Lot(p. 107)
• I Go Back to May 1937(p. 108)
• Portrait of My Father as a Young Man(p. 109)
• Yesterday(p. 110)
• The Portrait(p. 111)
• The Envious Heart(p. 112)
• Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night(p. 114)
• Myth(p. 115)
• Writing Topics for Poems(p. 115)
• The Tempest(p. 117)
• Writing Topics for Drama(p. 190)
• Part 1: Parents and Children: Cross-Genre Discussion and Writing Topics(p. 190)
• Part 2 Sisters and Brothers(p. 193)
• Genesis 4:1-26 (King James Bible), The Story of Cain and Abel(p. 194)
• Hansel and Gretel(p. 196)
• Cinderella or, The Little Glass Slipper(p. 202)
• Vasilisa the Beautiful(p. 207)
• Writing Topics for Myths, Parables, and Folktales(p. 212)
• Cinderella (excerpt from The Uses of Enchantment)(p. 213)
• The Theme of the Three Caskets(p. 219)
• Shakespeare's Sister (excerpt from A Room of One's Own)(p. 227)
• Writing Topics for Essays(p. 229)
• Legend(p. 230)
• In Memoriam, J.F.K.(p. 231)
• The Rich Brother(p. 233)
• The Brother(p. 246)
• Boys and Girls(p. 250)
• Soldier's Home(p. 260)
• The Shawl(p. 266)
• Writing Topics for Short Stories(p. 269)
• I Am Not. The Brother Did Something to Me(p. 271)
• Abel(p. 272)
• Two Sisters of Persephone(p. 273)
• Hansel and Gretel(p. 274)
• Gretel in Darkness(p. 277)
• Cinderella(p. 279)
• Mid-Term Break(p. 282)
• Far Summers(p. 283)
• Catullus, Poem 101 (Hail and Farewell)(p. 284)
• Writing Topics for Poems(p. 285)
• The Glass Menagerie(p. 286)
• Writing Topics for Drama(p. 339)
• Part 2: Sisters and Brothers: Cross-Genre Discussion and Writing Topics(p. 340)
• Part 3 People in Love(p. 343)
• The Myth of Cupid and Psyche(p. 345)
• The Myth of Pygmalion(p. 352)
• Chinese Folktale, Faithful Even in Death(p. 354)
• Beauty and the Beast(p. 357)
• English Folktale, The Lady of Shalott(p. 366)
• The lover and the letter, on complete absorption (A Sufi Parable) )(p. 369)
• Writing Topics for Myths, Parables, and Folktales(p. 369)
• The Marriage of True Minds and Romantic Love After the Middle Ages (excerpts from The Book of Courtly Love: The Passionate Code of the Troubadours)(p. 371)
• I Love You and Romantic Love (excerpts from About Love)(p. 378)
• Love and Death (excerpt from Love and Will)(p. 385)
• Writing Topics for Essays(p. 387)
• The Horse Dealer's Daughter(p. 388)
• The Lady with the Dog(p. 401)
• The Storm(p. 413)
• In The Life(p. 417)
• A Dill Pickle(p. 426)
• Writing Topics for Short Stories(p. 431)
• Western Wind(p. 432)
• Meeting at Night(p. 432)
• Parting at Morning(p. 433)
• Sonnet XLIII: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways(p. 434)
• The Good-Morrow(p. 435)
• A Red, Red Rose(p. 436)
• My Love Is Nothing Like the Moon(p. 437)
• Sonnet CXXX: My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun(p. 437)
• Sonnet XVIII: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day(p. 438)
• Song(p. 439)
• Recuerdo(p. 440)
• "Wild Nights--Wild Nights" (Poem 249)(p. 441)
• Free Union(p. 442)
• No Second Troy(p. 444)
• When You Go Away(p. 444)
• One Art(p. 445)
• To His Coy Mistress(p. 446)
• Waiting for Icarus(p. 448)
• La Belle Dame sans Merci(p. 449)
• The Lady of Shalott(p. 451)
• Porphyria's Lover(p. 456)
• Lovesong(p. 457)
• The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock(p. 459)
• Writing Topics for Poems(p. 463)
• A View from the Bridge(p. 464)
• Writing Topics for Drama(p. 512)
• Part 3: People in Love: Cross-Genre Discussion and Writing Topics(p. 512)
• Part 4 Wives and Husbands(p. 515)
• Genesis 18:16-33, 19:1-38 (Jerusalem Bible), The Story of Lot(p. 517)
• The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice(p. 520)
• Coyote and the Shadow People (a Nez Perce myth, told by Wayi'latpu to Archie Phinney)(p. 524)
• The Story of Odysseus and Penelope (excerpt from The Odyssey)(p. 528)
• The Blue Beard(p. 533)
• Writing Topics for Myths and Folktales(p. 536)
• Marrying Absurd(p. 537)
• The Wedding (excerpt from Russian Journal)(p. 540)
• Writing Topics for Essays(p. 542)
• The Gift of the Magi(p. 543)
• Wife-Wooing(p. 547)
• The Necklace(p. 551)
• Semley's Necklace(p. 558)
• Sweat(p. 572)
• The Legacy(p. 581)
• Writing Topics for Short Stories(p. 586)
• Proposal(p. 587)
• Anniversary(p. 589)
• The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter(p. 590)
• Poem in Praise of My Husband(p. 591)
• Eurydice(p. 593)
• Orpheus and Eurydice(p. 597)
• An Ancient Gesture(p. 599)
• Penelope(p. 600)
• Sea Grapes(p. 601)
• Ulysses(p. 602)
• Man and wife(p. 604)
• Lot's Wife(p. 605)
• Lot's Wife(p. 606)
• My Last Duchess(p. 607)
• My Last Duke(p. 609)
• The Widow's Lament in Springtime(p. 610)
• Writing Topics for Poems(p. 611)
• Trifles(p. 612)
• A Doll's House(p. 624)
• Writing Topics for Drama(p. 676)
• Part 4: Wives and Husbands: Cross-Genre Discussion and Writing Topics(p. 676)
• Part 5 Friends and Enemies(p. 679)
• Bear Man Myth (from Myths of the Cherokee)(p. 681)
• The Story of Quetzalcoatl (from Myths of the World)(p. 684)
• The Fox and The Little Prince (excerpt from The Little Prince)(p. 687)
• Writing Topics for Myths and Folktales(p. 690)
• The Realization of the Shadow (from Man and His Symbols)(p. 691)
• The Jealous Mistress (excerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl)(p. 698)
• Friendship's Gift(p. 703)
• Writing Topics for Essays(p. 709)
• William Wilson(p. 710)
• The Secret Sharer(p. 724)
• Roman Fever(p. 752)
• The Wall(p. 762)
• The Necessary Knocking on the Door(p. 775)
• Recitatif(p. 780)
• Writing Topics for Short Stories(p. 794)
• Friends(p. 795)
• A Shady Friend--for Torrid Days--(Poem 278)(p. 796)
• To an Athlete Dying Young(p. 796)
• How It Is(p. 798)
• Mending Wall(p. 799)
• To Julia de Burgos(p. 800)
• The Tunnel(p. 802)
• Faces(p. 803)
• A Poison Tree(p. 805)
• The Man He Killed(p. 806)
• Siren Song(p. 807)
• The Colonel(p. 808)
• Seeing a Friend Off(p. 809)
• Farewell Once More, To My Friend Yen at Feng Chi Station(p. 810)
• Auld Lang Syne(p. 811)
• Writing Topics for Poems(p. 812)
• The Children's Hour(p. 814)
• Writing Topics for Drama(p. 862)
• Part 5: Friends and Enemies: Cross-Genre Discussion and Writing Topics(p. 862)
• Part 6 Students and Teachers(p. 865)
• The War Within and The Illumined Man (excerpts from The Bhagavad Gita)(p. 867)
• Four Zen Parables (excerpt from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones)(p. 873)
• The Parable of the Host and the Guests(p. 875)
• The Emperor's New Clothes(p. 877)
• Writing Topics for Myths, Parables, and Folktales(p. 880)
• The Story of My Life (excerpts)(p. 881)
• Mrs. Bertha Flowers (excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)(p. 889)
• Teacher Wei (excerpt from Iron and Silk)(p. 895)
• Writing Topics for Essays(p. 902)
• The Lesson(p. 903)
• As It Was in the Beginning(p. 909)
• Soap and Water(p. 916)
• Cathedral(p. 921)
• Writing Topics for Short Stories(p. 931)
• Theme for English B(p. 932)
• Ballad of Orange and Grape(p. 933)
• The Soul, Like the Moon(p. 935)
• Letter Written on a Paper Mountain(p. 936)
• Tell all the Truth but tell it slant (Poem 1129)(p. 937)
• Ethics(p. 938)
• Musee des Beaux Arts(p. 939)
• Snake(p. 940)
• The Fish(p. 942)
• A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island(p. 945)
• Writing Topics for Poems(p. 947)
• Pygmalion(p. 948)
• The Lesson(p. 1014)
• Writing Topics for Drama(p. 1035)
• Part 6: Students and Teachers: Cross-Gener Discussion and Writing Topics(p. 1036)
• Part 7 People Alone(p. 1039)
• The Death of Adam(p. 1041)
• The Myth of Sisyphus (told by J.F. Bierlein)(p. 1042)
• Writing Topics for Myths, Parables, and Folktales(p. 1043)
• The Myth of Sisyphus(p. 1044)
• Solitude (excerpt from Walden)(p. 1048)
• Writing Topics for Essays(p. 1054)
• The Ring(p. 1055)
• The Yellow Wall-Paper(p. 1061)
• To Build a Fire(p. 1073)
• A Hunger Artist(p. 1084)
• The Death of Ivan Llych(p. 1091)
• Writing Topics for Short Stories(p. 1129)
• The Soul Selects Her Own Society (Poem 303)(p. 1131)
• Song of Myself(p. 1132)
• I wandered lonely as a cloud(p. 1133)
• Blackberry Eating(p. 1134)
• Pied Beauty(p. 1134)
• Drinking Alone by Moonlight(p. 1135)
• Madly Singing in the Mountains(p. 1136)
• Madrigal: Another Life(p. 1137)
• Sonnet(p. 1137)
• In Blackwater Woods(p. 1138)
• Mid-day(p. 1139)
• Domination of Black(p. 1140)
• My Sad Self(p. 1142)
• The Road Not Taken(p. 1144)
• Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota(p. 1145)
• In the end there is nobody(p. 1145)
• Fear of Death(p. 1147)
• Final Notations(p. 1148)
• The Snow Man(p. 1148)
• Acquainted With the Night(p. 1149)
• After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes(p. 1150)
• Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances(p. 1151)
• Writing Topics for Poems(p. 1152)
• Oedipus the King(p. 1153)
• Writing Topics for Drama(p. 1191)
• Part 7: People Alone: Cross-Genre Discussion and Writing Topics(p. 1192)
• Part 8 Reading and Analyzing Fiction(p. 1193)
• Part 9 Reading and Analyzing Poetry(p. 1207)
• Part 10 Reading and Analyzing Drama(p. 1221)
• Part 11 Reading, Analyzing, and Writing Essays(p. 1231)
• Glossary(p. 1251)
• Biographical Notes(p. 1259)
• Credits(p. 1303)
• Index(p. 1311)