Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the EssayThis textbook provides students with an approach to literary works that emphasizes the reading process as an active enterprise, involving thought and feeling, as well as the intellectual acts. It introduces the traditional literary elements by means of discussions closely tied to works in each of the four genres: fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay in which the students are asked to return to certain works to reconsider them from different perspectives. Regarding the poetry section two special features are included: a substantial number of poems in translation (35 trans. fr. 8 languages) and a special selection of poetic transformations (the way poets have modified their own and other artists' work by means of. |
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“ Maybe I could take him bowling , ” I said to my wife . She was at the draining board doing scalloped potatoes . She put down the knife she was using and turned around . “ If you love me , ” she said , “ you can do this for me .
“ Maybe I could take him bowling , ” I said to my wife . She was at the draining board doing scalloped potatoes . She put down the knife she was using and turned around . “ If you love me , ” she said , “ you can do this for me .
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My wife took his arm , shut the car door , and , talking all the way , moved him down the drive and then up the steps to the front porch . I turned off the TV . I finished my drink , rinsed the glass , dried my hands .
My wife took his arm , shut the car door , and , talking all the way , moved him down the drive and then up the steps to the front porch . I turned off the TV . I finished my drink , rinsed the glass , dried my hands .
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I'll move that up to your room , ” my wife said . “ No , that's fine , ” the blind man said loudly . “ It can go up when I go up . " " A little water with the Scotch ? " I said . “ Very little , ” he said . " I knew it , " I said .
I'll move that up to your room , ” my wife said . “ No , that's fine , ” the blind man said loudly . “ It can go up when I go up . " " A little water with the Scotch ? " I said . “ Very little , ” he said . " I knew it , " I said .
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Contents
CHAPTER Reading Stories | 3 |
CHAPTER Types of Short Fiction | 19 |
CHAPTER Elements of Fiction | 26 |
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| Title | Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay |
| Author | Robert DiYanni |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0075571129, 9780075571124 |
| Length | 1746 pages |
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