Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing (Hardcover)

by Edgar V. Roberts (Author), Henry E. Jacobs (Author)

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Product Description
This anthology of fiction, poetry, and drama is dedicated to the interlocking processes of reading and writing. In addition to literary selections, each chapter contains information on and sample essays for writing about literature. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Unique in providing information on and sample essays for writing about literature in every chapter, this bestselling text/anthology provides the tools and insights necessary for students to read literature with care, understanding, and enjoyment, and to write about it with skill and conviction. It is both a comprehensive anthology of fiction, poetry, and drama and a text emphasizing the close connection between good reading and effective writing. The fourth edition reaffirms the principle of flexible classroom use to which the book is dedicated. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6th edition (June 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0130324701
• ISBN-13: 978-0130324702
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #861,094 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great teaching book, September 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing (Hardcover)

This book has a companion video series called Literary Visions. That series alsoo includes a study guide. I would highly recommend it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For a textbook it's a really good book, January 22, 2008

By	iluvelves (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

Obviously I purchased this for class, but unlike some textbooks which can be boring this one was really great. It's more of a collection of plays, stories, poems, etc. than a "literature is blah, blah, blah". It's also very informative, some of the english books I've had for other classes have been really boring or they've cut some of the authors work short. This one gives you so much that I'd really call it more of a book of collected works than a textbook.

It's also broken into sections like Fiction, Poems, which makes it easy to navigate through and the sections are further broken into chapters such as theme, setting, etc. with works that correspond, so you really get a good example of what each chapter is talking about.

One negative though would be the size, it's really big but with all that's included I guess it only makes sense that it would be that massive.

All in all it was a great purchase plus I think I bought it from someone on Amazon for a $1 (for a hardcover!) so it was also a good buy. My suggestion would be that more English professosrs should use it or for anyone who just wants to be informed literally, this is a really good book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has helped me tremendously in my Eng. 102 class., February 16, 2009

By	J. Smith - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing (9th Edition) (Hardcover)

Without this book I would not have been able to even pass my Eng. 102 class. It has alot of good stories in it that helped me with my writing process.