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Literature, Interactive Edition automatically comes with MyLiteratureLab, Pearson's multimedia Web site. MyLiteratureLab icons are found in the margins of the text along with a list of media assets at the front of the anthology.The most popular Literature anthology continues to bring students the finest literature from fables to poetweets. The Twelfth Edition of Literature: An Introductiuon to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing,editedby X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, includes eleven new stories from students’ favorite authors: ZZ Packer’s “Brownies,” Ray Bradbury’s, “The Sound of Thunder,” Anne Tyler’s, “Teenage Wasteland,” David Leavitt’s, “A Place I’ve Never Been” and Isabel Allende’s “The Judge’s Wife.” More than 60 new accessible and engaging poems have been added including former Iraqi soldier Brian Turner’s “The Hurt Locker,” Katha Pollit’s “The Mind-Body Problem” as well as poetweets from Lawrence Bridges and Robert Pinsky. In addition, there are new poems from Kay Ryan, Benjamin Alire Saenz, H. D, Gary Snyder, Joy Harjo, Tami Haaland, Robert Hayden, Denise Levertov, and William Carlos Williams. Three new one-act plays help “ease” students into the study of this genre. The new plays include two comedies-- David Ives’s, Sure Thing and Jane Martin’s Beauty—as well as Edward Bok Lee’s experimental drama El Santo Americano. In addition, Milcha Sanchez-Scott’s The Cuban Swimmer has been added.
How can students effectively engage with the foundational elements of fiction, poetry, and drama through a structured, multimedia-integrated academic framework? This anthology, curated by Dana Gioia and X. J. Kennedy, provides a comprehensive pedagogical approach to literary analysis. By combining classic and contemporary texts with digital resources, the authors aim to bridge the gap between traditional reading and modern interactive learning environments.
What You Will Find
This text is widely regarded as a standard, comprehensive resource for undergraduate introductory literature courses. Its inclusion of both canonical works and contemporary pieces suggests a focus on balancing traditional literary education with modern, accessible pedagogical tools.
Page Count:
2192
Publication Date:
2012-01-08
Publisher:
Longman
ISBN-10:
0205230393
ISBN-13:
9780205230396
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