This compact edition retains all the features that have made the full edition so successful in a smaller, affordable volume: The first compact three-genre introduction to literature text to address the changing canon is now the first to include a guide for writing about literature-with handbook coverage of critical thinking, argument, and the writing process. Combining the broadest selection of literature available with time-proven and class-tested instruction, the sixth edition remains the most responsive introduction to literature text available.
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Laurie Kirszner is a bestselling author and a practicing teacher who is well known nationally. Kirszner, together with coauthor Stephen R. Mandell, has written bestsellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any handbook author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from Developmental to Literature.
Stephen Mandell is a bestselling author and a practicing teacher who is well known nationally. Mandell, together with coauthor Laurie G. Kirszner, has written bestsellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any handbook author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from Developmental to Literature.
Stephen Mandell is a bestselling author and a practicing teacher who is well known nationally. Mandell, together with coauthor Laurie G. Kirszner, has written bestsellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any handbook author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from Developmental to Literature.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource,
This review is from: Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact, Sixth Edition (Paperback)
A book written by teachers for any English major or an aspiring teacher is instant credibility.I used this book in class this semester and found it helpful as a refresher course in writing. The book incorporates a lot into teaching the fundamentals of English, writing essays (really important), making outlines and basically critical theory. The example essays were extremely helpful. Typicall when it comes to these kind of books most of them typically just have the stories in the book and don't have much in the way of a list of things to ponder in the writing process. Here though they really go step by step into all the writing essentials for the student. They also cover poetry and provide biographies of each author's work. THe glossary at the end was also a smart thing to do. Again, unless you have an MLA handbook nearby sometimes these English book tend to leave out stuff and already assume you're ready to just dive into the stories. The price is a bit heavy but I bought it used. The book covers more or less the 175h to 19th century of writers and poets with Shakespeare being covered as well. There's antique writings in here as well. All in all I found it to be a really valuable source. If I was a teacher, I'd definitely would have this book in my collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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nice book and really good stories,
This review is from: Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact, Sixth Edition (Paperback)
The book it self has many good short stories, poems, and drama plays. However the book pages are very thin and are easy to rip. Overall the entire book is a good book to be lectured from.
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This review is from: Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact, Sixth Edition (Paperback)
Very well dobe to get a big picture of english literature and get into it.
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