Literature and Society: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Non-Fiction - Softcover

Pamela J. Annas And Robert C. Rosen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135329043 ISBN 13: 9780135329047

Publisher: prentice hall, 1994

Synopsis

An enriching introduction to the diverse and exciting world of literature, this anthology offers a broad collection of short fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction selections written by a diverse group of writers who represent different social classes, races, genders, cultures, and sexual orientations. Organizes selections around five socially relevant themes—Growing Up and Growing Older; Women and Men; Money and Work; Peace and War; and Varieties of Protest. Shows how literary technique serves larger purposes—the recreation of experience, the exploration of ideas, the analysis of social issues—and how these larger purposes themselves shape literary form. Explains the ways in which literary form creates meaning, and provides a strong emphasis on writing about literature throughout, with a full chapter on all stages of the writing process —generating ideas, developing a thesis, discovering a form, drafting, revising, and editing—plus numerous excerpts from sample papers and journals. Now contains 42 new works, with more by Native American and Latino/Latina writers, as well as Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Shakespeare's Othello; also includes 18 works of nonfiction prose that have been chosen both for their literary technique as well as for their exploration of the five major themes.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Literature and Society is a thematically organized collection of short fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction selections by a diverse group of writers representing a wide range of voices -- in gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, social class. The anthology 1) offers a broad spectrum of selections--drawn from the traditional and the contemporary and from a wide variety of sectors of the literary world, 2) organizes the selections around socially relevant themes that students can relate to directly, and 3) provides strong pedagogical support for understanding the various forms of literature and for writing about them.

About this edition

• Publisher: prentice hall
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0135329043
• ISBN 13: 9780135329047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1434