Literature - Reading, Fiction, Poetry and Drama (Hardcover)

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Product Description

This anthology provides broad coverage for the three genres of literature--fiction, poetry, and drama--and exceptionally clear presentation of the elements of literature. The text has a clear and up-to-date chapter on critical theory that features helpful checklists. It also features Robert DiYanni's well-known three-part pedagogy that presents each of the three genres in light of a reader's experience, interpretation, and evaluation. The compact edition includes full coverage of writing about literature with 2 student papers in each chapter, incorporates a beautifully illustrated poetry section with four-color art, author biographies, and in-depth cverage of 8 writers: D.H. Lawrence, Flannery O'Connor, Sandra Cisneros, Emily Dickenson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Sophocles (containing both Oedipus and Antigone), and Shakespeare (containing both Hamlet ant Othello). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Robert DiYanni is Professor of English at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, where he teaches courses in literature, writing, and humanities. He has also taught at Queens College of the City University of New York, at New York University in the Graduate Rhetoric Program, and most recently in the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University (1968) and his Ph.D. from the City University of New York (1976). Robert DiYanni has written articles and reviews on various aspects of literature, composition, and pedagogy. His books include Literature: Reading, Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay; The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry; Women’s Voices; Like Season’d Timber: New Essays on George Herbert; and Modern American Poets: Their Voices and Visions (a text to accompany the Annenberg-funded telecourse, Voices and Visions). With Kraft Rompf, he edited The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry, (1993) and The McGraw-Hill Book of Fiction (1995). With Pat Hoy, he edited Encounters: Readings for Inquiry and Argument (1997). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2235 pages
• Publisher: McGraw Hill; 6th edition (December 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073124265
• ISBN-13: 978-0073124261
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #191,322 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, March 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Literature: Compact Edition (Paperback)

This book not only contains a lot of excellent literature, but it also gives instruction on how to read and analyze literature more effectively. This is a book I come back to again and again.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oops, February 26, 2007

By	College Kid "Mom, I try my best!" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (Paperback)

I bought this book instead of buying the 2nd edition. I figured it would be exactly the same. It isn't. It has a lot of the same stories but some are missing, like "The Lottery." Luckily it's a book of short stories, so the stories that are missing you can get online. The price is worth the work. It's half the price of the new book. A paper back book is not worth 58 dollars. Buy this look up the other stories.

Plus it's easy to navigate.

5.0 out of 5 stars great service, quick delivery, book in excellent condition, November 16, 2009

By	C. Quill - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Literature Reading Fiction, Poetry and Drama (Hardcover)

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