Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers [Paperback]

John Clifford (Author), John Schilb (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0312394608 | ISBN-13: 978-0312394608 | Publication Date: August 13, 2002 | Edition: Second Edition

Making Literature Matter combines an innovative writing text with a uniquely organized anthology for introductory literature courses that emphasize critical thinking and writing. The third edition addresses new trends in literature and composition, with more instruction on writing arguments and unique clusters that pair literary and visual texts for analysis.

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JOHN SCHILB (Ph.D., State University of New York -- Binghamton) is an associate professor of English at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he holds the Culbertson Chair in Writing. He has coedited Contending with Words: Composition and Rhetoric in a Postmodern Age (1991) and, with John Clifford, Writing Theory and Critical Theory (1994). He is author of Between the Lines: Relating Composition Theory and Literary Theory (1996).

JOHN CLIFFORD (Ph.D., New York University) is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Author or editor of several composition textbooks, he has published numerous scholarly articles on pedagogy, critical theory and composition theory, and has edited two books on those subjects: The Experience of Reading: Louis Rosenblatt and Reader-Response Theory (1991) and, with John Schilb, Writing Theory and Critical Theory.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1662 pages
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's; Second Edition edition (August 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312394608
• ISBN-13: 978-0312394608
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making Literature Matter--Providing a Response to "So What?", May 8, 2000

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This review is from: Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers (Paperback)

Truly an anthology for readers and writers, this book encourages students to think more critically about the world around them. It calls on a variety of timely themes and genres to satisfy numerous interests and tastes in literature. It also provides many helpful rhetorical strategies for arguing about literature. Freshman writing instructors should give Making Literature Matter a look; it will not disappoint.

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4.0 out of 5 stars University of Cincinnati, March 28, 2000

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A good required text for a Freshman English Composition class. A wide variety of selections that bring up a lot of ideas for in-class discussion or composition.

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