The Norton Introduction to Literature - Hardcover

Bain, C.; Beaty, J; Hunter, Paul J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393959384 ISBN 13: 9780393959383

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991

Synopsis

Offering 42 stories, 302 poems, and 14 plays, the Shorter Seventh Edition provides an unparalleled wealth of classics and contemporaries, canonical favorites and emerging writers. Included in the Seventh Edition are three new, "Exploring Contexts" chapters. Entitled "Critical Contexts," each includes a literary piece and several examples of professional criticism about that piece to introduce students to the critical discussion that surrounds works and authors and to inspire students own writing." "Reading, Responding, Writing chapters introduce students to each genre and prompt students to read creatively, analytically, and sensitively. Evaluating chapters develop students' critical reading and writing skills. Questions and Writing Suggestions promote careful reading and provide sparks for writing. 10 complete student papers, including a new research paper, provide real student responses to several of the Writing Suggestions. Writing about Literature includes updated information about the use and citation of secondary sources.

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About the Author

Alison Booth is Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Her research interests focus on Victorian literature and Feminist theory and criticism, and her teaching at Virginia has ranged from "The Nineteenth-century British novel" to "Utopias and Science Fiction". She is the author of Greatness Engendered: George Eliot and Virginia Woolf and editor of Famous Last Words: Changes in Gender and Narrative Closure. J. Paul Hunter is Professor of English Language and Literature, Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor in the Humanities, and Director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on eighteenth-century British literature, but his teaching and administrative interests have ranged much more widely. Despite his senior status at the U of Chicago, Paul teaches the introductory poetry course every year. He is the author of several books, including Norton's own Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction (1990). Kelly J. Mays is Assistant Professor of English at New Mexico State University. Her research interests focus on nineteenth-century British literature and culture, postcolonial theory and literature, and pedagogical theory and practice. She frequently teaches the "Writing About Literature" course at NMSU, and prior to joining NMSU was an instructor in Harvard's expository writing program.

Edition details

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393959384
• ISBN 13: 9780393959383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1985