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The most popular introductory anthology of its kind, Kennedy/Gioia's Literature continues to inspire people with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays. Literature, Portable Edition, 11/e features four lightweight, paperback volumes-Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing-packed in a slipcase. Poets in their own right, editors X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human perspective to this comprehensive anthology. Literature, Portable Edition, 11/e, presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by engaging works, supported by useful writing tips, and followed by seven chapters devoted to writing that have been thoroughly updated to reflect MLA's latest guidelines. Conversations between Dana Gioia and celebrated fiction writer Amy Tan, current U. S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, and contemporary playwright David Ives, offer readers an insider's look into the importance of reading to three contemporary writers. A Latin American Writers casebook is new to Fiction and collects some of the finest authors from the region including Octavia Paz, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Ines Arendondo. A casebook on Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown is now featured as part of the Three Stories In-depth chapter. Many new writers have been added including Naguib Mahfouz, Virginia Woolf, Sherman Alexie, Mary Oliver, Bettie Sellers, and Anne Deavere Smith. For anyone who enjoys literature presented with personal warmth and a human perspective.

ISBN-13

9780205686100

ISBN-10

0205686109

Weight

3.70 Pounds

Dimensions

6.50 x 2.10 x 9.50 In

List Price

$112.80

Edition

11th Edition

Format

-

Language

English

Pages

2256 pages

Publisher

Pearson

Published On

2009-07-09



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