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The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing / Edition 11
by Michael Meyer
Michael Meyer
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Become a lifelong reader and improve your writing skills as Bedford Introduction to Literature exposes you to classic and contemporary writers while thorough support and activities give you ample practice.
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ISBN-13: | 9781319002183 |
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Publisher: | Bedford/St. Martin's |
Publication date: | 12/22/2015 |
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Pages: | 1824 |
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[[Notes: New selections are marked with an asterisk]]Contents Resources for Reading and Writing about Literature Preface for Instructors INTRODUCTION: READING IMAGINATIVE LITERATUREThe Nature of Literature EMILY DICKINSON, A narrow Fellow in the Grass The Value of Literature The Changing Literary Canon FICTION The Elements of Fiction 1. Reading Fiction Reading Fiction Responsively KATE CHOPIN, The Story of an Hour A SAMPLE CLOSE READING: An Annotated Section of "The Story of an Hour" A SAMPLE PAPER: Differences in Responses to Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" Explorations and Formulas A COMPARISON OF TWO STORIES KAREN VAN DER ZEE, From A Secret Sorrow GAIL GODWIN, A Sorrowful Woman PERSPECTIVES KAY MUSSELL, Are Feminism and Romance Novels Mutually Exclusive? THOMAS JEFFERSON, On the Dangers of Reading Fiction 2. Writing about Fiction From Reading to Writing Questions for Responsive Reading and Writing A SAMPLE PAPER IN PROGRESS A First Response to A Secret Sorrow and "A Sorrowful Woman" Brainstorming A Sample Brainstorming List Revising: First and Second Drafts A Sample First Draft: Separate Sorrows A Sample Second Draft: Separate Sorrows Final Paper: Fulfillment or Failure? Marriage in A Secret Sorrow and "A Sorrowful Woman" 3. Plot EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, From Tarzan of the Apes *ALICE WALKER, The FlowersA young girl’s innocent summer stroll comes to an abrupt end when she makes a dark discovery.WILLIAM FAULKNER, A Rose for Emily PERSPECTIVEWILLIAM FAULKNER, On "A Rose for Emily" A SAMPLE CLOSE READING: An Annotated Section of "A Rose for Emily" A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Conflict in the Plot of Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily" ANDRE DUBUS, Killings PERSPECTIVEA. L. BADER, Nothing Happens in Modern Short Stories ENCOUNTERING FICTION: COMICS AND GRAPHIC STORIESEDWARD GOREY, From The Hapless Child4. Character CHARLES DICKENS, From Hard Times A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Character Development in Dickens’s Hard Times *JAMAICA KINCAID, GirlFrom a mother to a daughter: a demanding to-do list of how to be a perfect woman.MAY-LEE CHAI, Saving Sourdi HERMAN MELVILLE, Bartleby, the Scrivener PERSPECTIVES NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, On Herman Melville’s Philosophic Stance DAN McCALL, On the Lawyer’s Character in "Bartleby, the Scrivener" ENCOUNTERING FICTION: COMICS AND GRAPHIC STORIESLYNDA BARRY, Spelling5. Setting ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Soldier’s Home PERSPECTIVEERNEST HEMINGWAY, On What Every Writer Needs *F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, The Ice PalaceSally Carrol Happer of Tarleton, Georgia dreams of moving to the North to marry a Yankee. When she finally travels North in January to consider a new life with Harry Bellamy, tensions arise between the cultures and lifestyles of the North and the South. Can she survive the bitter cold? FAY WELDON, IND AFF, or Out of Love in Sarajevo PERSPECTIVEFAY WELDON, On the Importance of Place in "IND AFF" A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: The Significance of Setting in Fay Weldon’s "IND AFF" 6. Point of View Third-Person Narrator First-Person Narrator JOHN UPDIKE, A&P*ALICE MUNRO, Wild SwansWith Flo’s seemingly exaggerated warnings in mind about the deviance and danger one may encounter in the world, Rose’s transformative experience aboard a train to Toronto causes her to feel, at once, both reluctance and desire.MAGGIE MITCHELL, It Would Be Different If ENCOUNTERING FICTION: COMICS AND GRAPHIC STORIESMARJANE SATRAPI, "The Trip," From Persepolis7. Symbolism TOBIAS WOLFF, That Room RALPH ELLISON, Battle Royal PERSPECTIVEMORDECAI MARCUS, What Is an Initiation Story? A SAMPLE CLOSE READING: An Annotated Section of "Battle Royal" A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Symbolism in Ellison’s "Battle Royal" MICHAEL OPPENHEIMER, The Paring KnifeDAGOBERTO GILB, Romero’s Shirt 8. Theme STEPHEN CRANE, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky KATHERINE MANSFIELD, Miss Brill *XU XI, FamineA middle-aged Chinese woman, consumed by memories of her recently-deceased parents and their fears of hunger and poverty, takes an opulent trip to New York in hopes of forgetting her past. 9. Style, Tone, and Irony Style Tone Irony RAYMOND CARVER, Popular Mechanics PERSPECTIVEJOHN BARTH, On Minimalist Fiction A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: The Minimalist Style of Carver’s "Popular Mechanics" SUSAN MINOT, Lust RICK MOODY, Boys*GEOFF WYSS, How to Be a WinnerA sports consultant unwittingly recounts his own past in telling the story of loser-turned-winner Michael Wiltonberry to a football team he vows to turn into winners, too. ENCOUNTERING FICTION: COMICS AND GRAPHIC STORIESMATT GROENING, Life in Hell10. Combining the Elements of Fiction: A Writing Process The Elements Together Mapping the Story DAVID UPDIKE, Summer Questions for Writing: Developing a Topic into a Revised Thesis A Sample Brainstorming List A Sample First Thesis A Sample Revised Thesis A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Plot and Setting in David Updike’s "Summer" Approaches to Fiction 11. A Study of Nathaniel Hawthorne A Brief Biography and Introduction CHRONOLOGY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Young Goodman Brown NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Minister’s Black Veil NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Birthmark PERSPECTIVES ON HAWTHORNE NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, On Solitude NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, On the Power of the Writer’s Imagination NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, On His Short Stories HERMAN MELVILLE, On Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tragic Vision GAYLORD BREWER, "The Joys of Secret Sin" 12. A Study of Flannery O’Connor A Brief Biography and Introduction CHRONOLOGY FLANNERY O’CONNOR, A Good Man Is Hard to Find FLANNERY O’CONNOR, Good Country People FLANNERY O’CONNOR, Revelation PERSPECTIVES ON O’CONNOR FLANNERY O’CONNOR, On the Use of Exaggeration and Distortion JOSEPHINE HENDIN, On O’Connor’s Refusal to "Do Pretty" CLAIRE KAHANE, The Function of Violence in O’Connor’s Fiction EDWARD KESSLER, On O’Connor’s Use of History TIME MAGAZINE, On "A Good Man is Hard to Find" 13. A Critical Case Study: William Faulkner’s "Barn Burning" WILLIAM FAULKNER, Barn Burning PERSPECTIVES ON FAULKNER JANE HILES, Blood Ties in "Barn Burning" BENJAMIN DEMOTT, Abner Snopes as a Victim of Class GAYLE EDWARD WILSON, Conflict in "Barn Burning" JAMES FERGUSON, Narrative Strategy in "Barn Burning" Questions for Writing: Incorporating the Critics A SAMPLE STUDENT PAPER: The Fires of Class Conflict in William Faulker’s "Barn Burning" (excerpt) 14. A Cultural Case Study: James Joyce’s "Eveline" A Brief Biography and Introduction CHRONOLOGY JAMES JOYCE, Eveline Documents THE ALLIANCE TEMPERANCE ALMANACK, On the Resources of IrelandBRIDGET BURKE, A Letter Home from an Irish Emigrant A Plot Synopsis of The Bohemian Girl 15. A Study of Dagoberto Gilb: The Author Reflects on Three StoriesA Brief Biography and An Introduction to His WorkCHRONOLOGYINTRODUCTION: DAGOBERTO GILB, How Books BounceSTORY: DAGOBERTO GILB: Love in L.A.ESSAY: On Writing Love in L.A.STORY: DAGOBERTO GILB: ShoutESSAY: On Writing ShoutSTORY: DAGOBERTO GILB: Uncle RockESSAY: On Writing Uncle RockPERSPECTIVESDAGOBERTO GILB, On Physical LaborDAGOBERTO GILB, On Distortions of Mexican American CultureINTERVIEW: Michael Meyer Interviews Dagoberto GilbFACSIMILIES: Two Draft Manuscript PagesSuggested Topics for Longer Papers16. A Thematic Case Study: WarMURIEL SPARK, The First Year of My LifeTIM O’BRIEN, How to Tell a True War Story*GAVIN FORD KOVITE, When Engaging Targets, RememberWhat decision do you make when all your choices will have life-changing consequences for you, your squad, and possibly innocent civilians? A vivid sketch of a scenario faced by a US infantryman in Iraq, contemplating the difficult, split-second decisions he has to make and the potential impact he’ll have to live with long after the war is over. *PHIL KLAY, RedeploymentA US Marine, having returned home to his wife and dog, works through memories of his deployment in Iraq and tries, with difficulty, to readjust to an everyday life that stands in stark contrast to his former life at war. 17. A Thematic Case Study: Humor and Satire ANNIE PROULX, 55 Miles to the Gas Pump JOYCE CAROL OATES, Hi Howya Doin’*RON HANSEN, My Kid’s DogA comical account of the great pains a father takes to covertly handle the death of his kid’s dog; a dog towards whom he always had a great animosity. MARK TWAIN, The Story of the Good Little Boy 18. A Thematic Case Study: Remarkably Short-Short Stories*LYDIA DAVIS, Negative EmotionsAbout as short as a short-story could be: a humorous illustration of the fact that we love to hate.RON CARLSON, Max MARK HALLIDAY, Young Man on Sixth AvenueDAVID FOSTER WALLACE, Incarnations of Burned ChildrenMARK BUDMAN, The Diary of a Salaryman PETER MEINKE, The CranesTERRY L. TILTON, That Settles That19. Stories for Further Reading *TONI CADE BAMBARA, Sweet TownKit looks back on the wild days of her youth, specifically the crazy spring and summer she spent involved with a boy named B.J. and his sidekick, Eddie.*STEPHEN CRANE, An Episode of WarShot in the arm while dividing coffee rations, a lieutenant travels to the field hospital for treatment. Along the way he describes what he sees: snapshots of the terrible impact of war. What is the significance of one wound in the context of a whole war?*CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN, If I Were a ManIn a bizarre turn of events, Mollie Mathewson becomes a man. Seeing and hearing things from her husband’s perspective, she learns about traditionally-accepted gender roles and stereotypes and begins to form "new views, strange feelings" about these commonly held beliefs of gender difference and the source that perpetuates these unfair views of women.ZORA NEALE HURSTON, Spunk D. H. LAWRENCE, The Horse Dealer’s Daughter JACK LONDON, To Build a FireEDGAR ALLAN POE, The Cask of Amontillado POETRY THE ELEMENTS OF POETRY20. Reading Poetry Reading Poetry Responsively LISA PARKER, Snapping Beans ROBERT HAYDEN, Those Winter Sundays JOHN UPDIKE, Dog’s Death The Pleasure of Words WILLIAM HATHAWAY, Oh, Oh A SAMPLE CLOSE READING: An Annotated Version of "Oh, Oh"ROBERT FRANCIS, Catch A SAMPLE STUDENT ANALYSIS: Tossing Metaphors Together in Robert Francis’s "Catch" PHILIP LARKIN, A Study of Reading Habits ROBERT MORGAN, Mountain Graveyard E. E. CUMMINGS, l(a ANONYMOUS, Western Wind REGINA BARRECA, Nighttime Fires Suggestions for Approaching Poetry BILLY COLLINS, Introduction to Poetry Poetry in Popular Forms Encountering Poetry: Images of Poetry in Popular Culture POSTER: Dorothy Parker, Unfortunate Coincidence PHOTO: Carl Sandburg, Window CARTOON: Roz Chast, The Love Song of J. Alfred CrewPHOTO: Tim Taylor, I shake the delicate apparatus POSTER: Eric Dunn and Mike Wigton, National Poetry Slam PHOTO: Kevin Fleming WEB SCREEN: Poetry-portal.com WEB SCREEN: Ted Kooser, American Life in Poetry POEM IN NEWSPAPER: MICHAEL MCFEE, SpitwadsHELEN FARRIES, Magic of LoveJOHN FREDERICK NIMS, Love Poem Poems for Further Study MARY OLIVER, The Poet with His Face in His Hands JIM TILLEY, The Big QuestionsALBERTO RÍOS, Seniors *ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, The Eagle*EDGAR ALLAN POE, Sonnet—To Science *WILLA CATHER, Prairie SpringCORNELIUS EADY, The Supremes*TED KOOSER, Selecting a Reader21. Writing about Poetry: From Inquiry to Final Paper From Reading to Writing Questions for Responsive Reading and Writing ELIZABETH BISHOP, Manners A SAMPLE CLOSE READING: An Annotated Version of "Manners" A SAMPLE STUDENT ANALYSIS: Memory in Elizabeth Bishop’s "Manners" 22. Word Choice, Word Order, and Tone Word Choice Diction Denotations and ConnotationsRANDALL JARRELL, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner Word Order Tone MARILYN NELSON, How I Discovered Poetry KATHARYN HOWD MACHAN, Hazel Tells LaVerne A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Tone in Katharyn Howd Machan’s "Hazel Tells LaVerne" MARTÍN ESPADA, Latin Night at the Pawnshop PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, To a Captious Critic Diction and Tone in Four Love oems ROBERT HERRICK, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time ANDREW MARVELL, To His Coy Mistress ANN LAUINGER, Marvell Noir SHARON OLDS, Last Night *PERSPECTIVE: GENE WEINGARTEN, DAN WEINGARTEN, AND DAVID CLARK, Barney and Clyde, The Defenestration of Frog Poems for Further Study*WALT WHITMAN, The Dalliance of the Eagles THOMAS HARDY, The Convergence of the Twain DAVID R. SLAVITT, Titanic JOANNE DIAZ, On My Father’s Loss of Hearing*DANUSHA LAMERIS, Names MARY OLIVER, Oxygen CATHY SONG, The Youngest Daughter *ANGELA ALAIMO O’DONNELL, MessengerJOHN KEATS, Ode on a Grecian Urn GWENDOLYN BROOKS, We Real Cool JOAN MURRAY, We Old Dudes *ALICE JONES, The Lungs LOUIS SIMPSON, In the Suburbs GARRISON KEILLOR, The AnthemA Note on Reading Translations Three Translations of a Poem by Sappho SAPPHO, Immortal Aphrodite of the broidered throne(translated by Henry T. Wharton) SAPPHO, Beautiful-throned, immortal Aphrodite(translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson) SAPPHO, Prayer to my lady of Paphos (translated by Mary Barnard) 23. Images Poetry’s Appeal to the Senses WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, Poem WALT WHITMAN, Cavalry Crossing a Ford DAVID SOLWAY, Windsurfing THEODORE ROETHKE, Root Cellar MATTHEW ARNOLD, Dover Beach RUTH FORMAN, Poetry Should Ride the BusPoems for Further Study AMY LOWELL, The Pond *ADELAIDE CRAPSEY, November NightRUTH FAINLIGHT, Crocuses MARY ROBINSON, London’s Summer Morning WILLIAM BLAKE, London A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Imagery in William Blake’s "London" and Mary Robinson’s "London’s Summer Morning" WILFRED OWEN, Dulce et Decorum Est PATRICIA SMITH, What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl (for Those of You Who Aren’t) *CHARLES SIMIC, Fork *SEAMUS HEANEY, The Pitchfork SALLY CROFT, Home-Baked Bread JOHN KEATS, To Autumn PERSPECTIVE: T. E. HULME, On the Differences between Poetry and Prose 24. Figures of Speech WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, From Macbeth (Act V, Scene v) Simile and Metaphor MARGARET ATWOOD, you fit into me EMILY DICKINSON, Presentiment — is that long Shadow—on the lawn— ANNE BRADSTREET, The Author to Her Book RICHARD WILBUR, The WriterOther Figures EDMUND CONTI, Pragmatist DYLAN THOMAS, The Hand That Signed the Paper JANICE TOWNLEY MOORE, To a Wasp *TAJANA KOVICS, Text MessagePoems for Further Study GARY SNYDER, How Poetry Comes to Me A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Metaphor in Gary Snyder’s "How Poetry Comes to Me" *MARTÍN ESPADA, The Mexican Cabdriver’s Poem for His Wife, Who Has Left HimWILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, To Waken an Old Lady ERNEST SLYMAN, Lightning Bugs JUDY PAGE HEITZMAN, The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill *STEPHEN CRANE, The WayfarerWILLIAM WORDSWORTH, London, 1802 JIM STEVENS, Schizophrenia JOHN DONNE, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning LINDA PASTAN, Marks *KAY RYAN, Learning*LUCILLE CLIFTON, Come Home from the Movies RONALD WALLACE, Building an Outhouse ELAINE MAGARRELL, The Joy of Cooking PERSPECTIVE: JOHN R. SEARLE, Figuring Out Metaphors 25. Symbol, Allegory, and Irony Symbol ROBERT FROST, Acquainted with the Night Allegory EDGAR ALLAN POE, The Haunted Palace Irony EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, Richard Cory A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Irony in Edwin Arlington Robinson’s "Richard Cory" KENNETH FEARING, AD E. E. CUMMINGS, next to of course god america i STEPHEN CRANE, A Man Said to the Universe Poems for Further Study BOB HICOK, Making it in poetry *JANE KENYON, Not Writing KEVIN PIERCE, Proof of Origin *CARL SANDBURG, A Fence WALLACE STEVENS, Anecdote of the Jar JULIO MARZÁN, Ethnic Poetry MARK HALLIDAY, Graded Paper JAMES MERRILL, Casual Wear HENRY REED, Naming of Parts ROBERT BROWNING, My Last Duchess *WILLIAM BLAKE, A Poison Tree *PAUL MULDOON, SymposiumPERSPECTIVE: EZRA POUND, On Symbols 26. Sounds Listening to Poetry ANONYMOUS, Scarborough Fair JOHN UPDIKE, Player Piano EMILY DICKINSON, A Bird came down the Walk— A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: Sound in Emily Dickinson’s "A Bird came down the Walk—" Rhyme RICHARD ARMOUR, Going to Extremes ROBERT SOUTHEY, From "The Cataract of Lodore" PERSPECTIVE: DAVID LENSON, On the Contemporary Use of Rhyme Sound and Meaning GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS, God’s Grandeur Poems for Further Study DIANE LOCKWARD, LinguineLEWIS CARROLL (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON), Jabberwocky WILLIAM HEYEN, The TrainsJOHN DONNE, Song *WILFRED OWEN, Futility*ANDREW HUDGINS, The Ice-Cream Truck PAUL HUMPHREY, Blow ROBERT FRANCIS, The Pitcher HELEN CHASIN, The Word PlumRICHARD WAKEFIELD, The Bell Rope *JEAN TOOMER, UnsuspectingJOHN KEATS, Ode to a Nightingale *KAY RYAN, DewHOWARD NEMEROV, Because You Asked about the Line between Prose and Poetry 27. Patterns of Rhythm Some Principles of Meter WALT WHITMAN, From Song of the Open Road *SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, MnemonicWILLIAM WORDSWORTH, My Heart Leaps Up Suggestions for Scanning a Poem TIMOTHY STEELE, Waiting for the Storm A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: The Rhythm of Anticipation in Timothy Steele’s "Waiting for the Storm" WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, That the Night Come Poems for Further Study WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE, Drumming Behind You in the High School BandALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, Break, Break, Break ALICE JONES, The Foot A. E. HOUSMAN, When I was one-and-twenty *VIRGINIA HAMILTON ADAIR, Pro SnakeRACHEL HADAS, The Red Hat ROBERT HERRICK, Delight in Disorder BEN JONSON, Still to Be Neat WILLIAM BLAKE, The Lamb WILLIAM BLAKE, The Tyger CARL SANDBURG, Chicago *E.E. CUMMINGS, O Sweet SpontaneousJOHN MALONEY, Good!THEODORE ROETHKE, My Papa’s Waltz *RONALD WALLACE, DogsPERSPECTIVE: LOUISE BOGAN, On Formal Poetry 28. Poetic Forms Some Common Poetic Forms A. E. HOUSMAN, Loveliest of trees, the cherry now ROBERT HERRICK, Upon Julia’s ClothesSonnet JOHN KEATS, On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, The World Is Too Much with Us WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, I will put Chaos into fourteen lines A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: The Fixed Form in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s "I will put Chaos into fourteen lines" SHERMAN ALEXIE, The Facebook Sonnet*THOMAS HARDY, At the Altar-RailR.S. GWYNN, Shakespearean SonnetVillanelle DYLAN THOMAS, Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, The House on the HillSestina ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, Sestina FLORENCE CASSEN MAYERS, All-American Sestina Epigram SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, What Is an Epigram? DAVID MCCORD, Epitaph on a Waiter PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, Theology Limerick Arthur Henry Reginald Butler, There was a young lady named Bright LAURENCE PERRINE, The limerick’s never averse Haiku MATSUO BASHO, Under cherry trees CAROLYN KIZER, After Basho- *AMY LOWELL, Last night it rained*GARY SNYDER, A Dent in a BucketElegy BEN JONSON, On My First Son *ANDREW HUDGINS, Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not DeadOde PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, Ode to the West Wind Parody BLANCHE FARLEY, The Lover Not Taken Picture Poem MICHAEL MCFEE, In Medias Res PERSPECTIVE: ELAINE MITCHELL, Form 29. Open Form WALT WHITMAN, From "I Sing the Body Electric" PERSPECTIVE: WALT WHITMAN, On Rhyme and Meter A SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE: The Power of Walt Whitman’s Open Form Poem "I Sing the Body Electric" DAVID SHUMATE, Shooting the HorseRICHARD HAGUE, Directions for Resisting the SAT *MICHAEL RYAN, I*E.E. CUMMINGS, Old Age SticksWILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, The Red Wheelbarrow NATASHA TRETHEWEY, On Captivity JULIO MARZÁN, The Translator at the Reception for Latin American Writers *CHARLES HARPER WEBB, DescentKEVIN YOUNG, Eddie Priest’s Barber Shop and NotaryANONYMOUS, The Frog*DAVID HERNANDEZ, All-AmericanCHRISTINA GEROGIANNIS, HeadlandFound Poem DONALD JUSTICE, Order in the Streets 30. Combining the Elements of Poetry: A Writing Process The Elements Together Mapping the Poem JOHN DONNE, Death Be Not Proud Asking Questions about the Elements A SAMPLE CLOSE READING: An Annotated Version of "Death Be Not Proud" A SAMPLE FIRST RESPONSE Organizing Your Thoughts A SAMPLE INFORMAL OUTLINE The Elements and Theme A SAMPLE EXPLICATION: The Use of Conventional Metaphors for Death in John Donne’s "Death Be Not Proud" APPROACHES TO POETRY 31. A Study of Emily Dickinson A Brief Biography and An Introduction to Her Work EMILY DICKINSONIf I can stop one Heart from breaking If I shouldn’t be alive The Thought beneath so slight a film— To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee Success is counted sweetest Water, is taught by thirst *Papa Above!Safe in their Alabaster Chambers—(1859 version) Safe in their Alabaster Chambers—(1861 version) Portraits are to daily faces Some keep the Sabbath going to Church— *I taste a liquor never brewed—"Heaven"— is what I cannot reach! I like a look of Agony Wild Nights—Wild Nights! The Soul selects her own Society— Much Madness is divinest Sense— I dwell in Possibility— After great pain, a formal feeling comes— I heard a Fly buzz—when I died— Because I could not stop for Death— I felt a Cleaving in my Mind— The Bustle in a House Tell all the Truth but tell it slant— *O Sumptuous moment*A Route of EvanescenceFrom all the Jails the Boys and GirlsPERSPECTIVES ON EMILY DICKINSON EMILY DICKINSON, A Description of Herself THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON, On Meeting Dickinson for the First Time MABEL LOOMIS TODD, The Character of Amherst RICHARD WILBUR, On Dickinson’s Sense of Privation SANDRA M. GILBERT AND SUSAN GUBAR, On Dickinson’s White Dress PAULA BENNETT, On "I heard a Fly buzz— when I died—" MARTHA NELL SMITH, On "Because I could not stop for Death—" Questions for Writing about an Author in Depth A SAMPLE IN-DEPTH STUDY EMILY DICKINSON"Faith" is a fine invention I know that He exists I never saw a Moor— Apparently with no surprise A SAMPLE STUDENT PAPERReligious Faith in Four Poems by Emily Dickinson Suggested Topics for Longer Papers [[COLOR INSERT]]Poetry and the Visual ArtsPainting: GRANT WOOD, American GothicPoem: JOHN STONE, American GothicWoodblock print: KIAGAWA UTAMARO, Girl Powdering Her NeckPoem: CATHY SONG, Girl Powdering Her NeckSculpture: MAYA LIN, The Vietnam Veteran’s MemorialPoem: YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA, Facing ItPainting: PIETER BRUEGHEL THE ELDER, Two Chained MonkeysPoem: WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA, Brueghel’s Two MonkeysPainting: EDWARD HOPPER, House by the RailroadPoem: EDWARD HIRSCH, Edward Hopper and the House by the Railroad*Painting: JOHANNES VERMEER, The Milkmaid*Poem: WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA, Vermeer32. A Study of Robert Frost A Brief Biography and An Introduction to His Work ROBERT FROSTThe Road Not Taken The Pasture Mowing *My November GuestMending Wall After Apple-Picking Birches "Out, Out—" The Oven Bird Fire and Ice Dust of SnowStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening The Need of Being Versed in Country Things *Nothing Gold Can Stay*Once by the PacificNeither Out Far nor In Deep Design*The Gift OutrightPERSPECTIVES ON ROBERT FROST ROBERT FROST, "In White": An Early Version of "Design" ROBERT FROST, On the Living Part of a Poem AMY LOWELL, On Frost’s Realistic Technique HERBERT R. COURSEN JR., A Parodic Interpretation of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" PETER D. POLAND, On "Neither Out Far nor In Deep" Suggested Topics for Longer Papers 33. A Study of Billy Collins: The Author Reflects on Five Poems A Brief Biography and an Introduction to His Work INTRODUCTION: BILLY COLLINS, How Do Poems Travel?POEM: BILLY COLLINS, Osso Buco ESSAY: BILLY COLLINS, On Writing "Osso Buco" POEM: BILLY COLLINS, Nostalgia ESSAY: BILLY COLLINS, On Writing "Nostalgia" POEM: BILLY COLLINS, Questions About Angels ESSAY: BILLY COLLINS, On Writing "Questions About Angels" POEM: BILLY COLLINS, Litany ESSAY: BILLY COLLINS, On Writing "Litany" POEM: BILLY COLLINS, Building with Its Face Blown Off PERSPECTIVE: On "Building with Its Face Blown Off": Michael Meyer Interviews Billy Collins FACSIMILES: BILLY COLLINS, Three Draft Manuscript PagesSuggested Topics for Longer Papers 34. A Study of Julia Alvarez: The Author Reflects on Five Poems A Brief Biography and An Introduction to Her Work ESSAY: JULIA ALVAREZ, On Writing "Queens, 1963" POEM: JULIA ALVAREZ, Queens, 1963 PERSPECTIVE: MARNY REQUA, From an Interview with Julia Alvarez ESSAY: JULIA ALVAREZ, On Writing "Housekeeping Cages" and Her Housekeeping Poems POEM: JULIA ALVAREZ, Housekeeping Cages ESSAY: JULIA ALVAREZ, On Writing "Dusting" POEM: JULIA ALVAREZ, Dusting ESSAY: JULIA ALVAREZ, On Writing "Ironing Their Clothes" POEM: JULIA ALVAREZ, Ironing Their Clothes ESSAY: JULIA ALVAREZ, On Writing "Sometimes the Words Are So Close" (From the "33" Sonnet Sequence) POEM: JULIA ALVAREZ, Sometimes the Words Are So Close FACSIMILES: JULIA ALVAREZ, Four Draft Manuscript Pages ESSAY: JULIA ALVAREZ, On Writing "First Muse" POEM: JULIA ALVAREZ, First Muse PERSPECTIVE: KELLI LYON JOHNSON, Mapping an Identity 35. A Critical Case Study: T. S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" A Brief Biography T. S. ELIOT, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock PERSPECTIVES ON T. S. ELIOT ELISABETH SCHNEIDER, Hints of Eliot in Prufrock BARBARA EVERETT, The Problem of Tone in Prufrock MICHAEL L. BAUMANN, The "Overwhelming Question" for Prufrock FREDERIK L. RUSCH, Society and Character in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Suggested Topics for Longer Papers 36. A Cultural Case Study: Harlem Renaissance Poets Claude McKay, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen INTRODUCTIONCHRONOLOGY CLAUDE MCKAY, A Brief Biography and an Introduction to His WorkCLAUDE MCKAYThe Harlem DancerIf We Must DieThe Tropics in New YorkThe Lynching*The White CityAmerica*The BarrierGEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON, A Brief Biography and an Introduction to Her WorkGEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSONYouthForedoomCalling DreamsLost IllusionsFusion*PrejudiceI Want to Die While You Love MeLANGSTON HUGHES, A Brief Biography and an Introduction to His WorkLANGSTON HUGHESThe Negro Speaks of Rivers JazzoniaLenox Avenue: Midnight Ballad of the Landlord125th Street HarlemCOUNTEE CULLEN, A Brief Biography and an Introduction to His WorkCOUNTEE CULLENYet Do I MarvelIncidentFor a Lady I KnowTableauFrom the Dark TowerTo Certain CriticsPERSPECTIVES CLAUDE MCKAY, On Being Neither a Classicist nor ModernistKAREN JACKSON FORD, Hughes’s Aesthetics of Simplicity DAVID CHINITZ, The Romanticization of Africa in the 1920s ALAIN LOCKE, Review of Georgia Douglas Johnson’s Bronze: A Book of VerseCOUNTEE CULLEN, On Racial PoetryONWUCHEKWA JEMIE, On Universal PoetrySuggested Topics for Longer Papers 37. A Thematic Case Study: Love and Longing CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Not marble, nor the gilded monuments ANNE BRADSTREET, To My Dear and Loving Husband ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, Recuerdo EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, I, Being Born a Woman, Distressed*C.K. WILLIAMS, Love: BeginningsJOAN MURRAY, Play-by-Play*LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR, The Pleasures of HatingBILLIE BOLTON, Memorandum LUISA LOPEZ, Junior Year Abroad Suggested Topics for Longer Papers 38. A Thematic Case Study: Humor and Satire JOHN CIARDI, Suburban *E.E. CUMMINGS, When Serpents Bargain for the Right to SquirmHARRYETTE MULLEN, Dim LadyRONALD WALLACE, In a Rut HOWARD NEMEROV, Walking the Dog *JIM TILLEY, Hello, Old ManPETER SCHMITT, Friends with Numbers MARTÍN ESPADA, The Community College Revises Its Curriculum in Response to Changing Demographics GEORGE BILGERE, StupidGARY SOTO, Mexicans Begin Jogging*DAVID WAGONER, Improving My MindTHOMAS R. MOORE, At the Berkeley Free Speech CaféX. J. KENNEDY, On a Young Man’s Remaining an Undergraduate for Twelve Years 39. A Thematic Case Study: The Natural World JANE HIRSHFIELD, Optimism*WENDELL BERRY, The Peace of Wild ThingsGAIL WHITE, Dead Armadillos DAVE LUCAS, November WALT MCDONALD, Coming Across It ALDEN NOWLAN, The Bull Moose KAY RYAN, Turtle*MAXINE KUMIN, The Whole Hog MARY OLIVER, Wild GeeseSuggested Topics for Longer Papers 40. A Thematic Case Study: The World of Work DANA GIOIA, MoneyTONY HOAGLAND, AmericaJAN BEATTY, My Father Teaches Me to DreamMICHAEL CHITWOOD, Men Throwing BricksBARON WORMSER, LaborANGELA ALAIMO O’DONNELL, Touring the Mine DAVID IGNATOW, The Jobholder *TED KOOSER, LaundryJOYCE SUTPHEN, Guys Like That MARGE PIERCY, To be of useSuggested Topics for Longer Papers AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS 41. A Collection of Poems ANONYMOUS, Bonny Barbara Allan W.H. AUDEN, The Unknown Citizen*APHRA BEHN, Song: Love ArmedWILLIAM BLAKE, Infant Sorrow ANNE BRADSTREET, Before the Birth of One of Her Children *ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, My Letters! all dead paper, mute and white! *WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, To a Waterfowl ROBERT BURNS, A Red, Red Rose GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON, She Walks in Beauty SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, Kubla Khan: or, a Vision in a Dream JOHN DONNE, Batter My Heart *PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, SympathyGEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS), In a London Drawingroom *RALPH WALDO EMERSON, DaysCHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN, Queer People THOMAS HARDY, In Time of "The Breaking of Nations" *THOMAS HARDY, I Looked Up From My WritingFRANCES E. W. HARPER, Learning to Read GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS, Pied Beauty GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS, The Windhover BEN JONSON, To Celia JOHN KEATS, To one who has been long in city pent JOHN KEATS, When I have fears that I may cease to be *JOHN KEATS, Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast As Thou Art—JOHN KEATS, La Belle Dame sans Merci *D.H. LAWRENCE, How Beastly the Bourgeois IsEMMA LAZARUS, The New Colossus AMY LOWELL, A DecadeJOHN MILTON, On the Late Massacre in Piedmont JOHN MILTON, When I consider how my light is spent *EDGAR ALLAN POE, To Helen*EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, Miniver CheevyCHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI, Some Ladies Dress in Muslin Full and White CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI, Promises Like Pie-Crust SIEGFRIED SASSOON, "They" *WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Let me not to the marriage of true mindsWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, That time of year thou mayst in me behold WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, When forty winters shall besiege thy brow WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, When, in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, Ozymandias LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY, Indian Names *JONATHAN SWIFT, A Description of the Morning*EDMUND WALLER, Go, Lovely Rose*WALT WHITMAN, As Adam Early in the Morning WALT WHITMAN, When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer WALT WHITMAN, One’s-Self I Sing WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud *WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, Composed Upon Westminster BridgeWILLIAM WORDSWORTH, Mutability STEFANIE WORTMAN, Mortuary Art*WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, The Lake Isle of Innisfree*WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, When You Are OldWILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, Leda and the Swan DRAMA The Study of Drama 42. Reading Drama Reading Drama Responsively SUSAN GLASPELL, Trifles A SAMPLE CLOSE READING: An Annotated Section of Trifles PERSPECTIVESUSAN GLASPELL, From the Short Story Version of Trifles Elements of Drama MICHAEL HOLLINGER, Naked Lunch Drama in Popular Forms LARRY DAVID, "The Pitch," a Seinfeld Episode 43. Writing about Drama From Reading to Writing Questions for Responsive Reading and Writing A SAMPLE STUDENT PAPER: The Feminist Evidence in Trifles 44. A Study of Sophocles Theatrical Conventions of Greek Drama Tragedy *SOPHOCLES, Oedipus the King (Translated by David Grene) PERSPECTIVES ON SOPHOCLES ARISTOTLE, On Tragic Character SIGMUND FREUD, On the Oedipus Complex MURIEL RUKEYSER, On Oedipus the King DAVID WILES, On Oedipus the King as a Political Play 45. A Study of William Shakespeare CHRONOLOGY Shakespeare’s Theater The Range of Shakespeare’s Drama: History, Comedy, and Tragedy A Note on Reading ShakespeareWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer Night’s Dream WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkPERSPECTIVES ON SHAKESPEARE THE MAYOR OF LONDON (1597), Objections to the Elizabethan Theater LISA JARDINE, On Boy Actors in Female Roles SAMUEL JOHNSON, On Shakespeare’s Characters SIGMUND FREUD, On Repression in Hamlet JAN KOTT, On Producing Hamlet RUSSELL JACKSON, A Film Diary of the Shooting of Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet LINDA BAMBER, Feminine Rebellion and Masculine Authority in A Midsummer Night’s Dream LOUIS ADRIAN MONTROSE, On Amazonian Mythology in A Midsummer Night’s Dream JAMES KINCAID, On the Value of Comedy in the Face of Tragedy ENCOUNTERING DRAMA: A VISUAL PORTFOLIOHAMLET IN POPULAR CULTURE AND PERFORMANCEpainting: Hamlet and Horatio in the Cemetery, by Eugène Delacroixphoto: Sarah Bernhardt as Hamletmovie still: Ethan Hawke as Hamletmovie still: Laurence Olivier as Hamletpainting: Ophelia: Here is Rosemary, by William Gorman Willscartoon: Ophelia, cartoon from The New Yorker, by Lee Lorenzmovie still: Kate Winslet as Opheliapainting: The Death of Ophelia, by Eugène Delacroix46. Modern Drama Realism Naturalism Theatrical Conventions of Modern Drama HENRIK IBSEN, A Doll’s House (Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp) PERSPECTIVEHENRIK IBSEN, Notes for A Doll House Beyond Realism 47. A Critical Case Study: Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House PERSPECTIVES A Nineteenth-Century Husband’s Letter to His Wife BARRY WITHAM and JOHN LUTTERBIE, A Marxist Approach to A Doll House CAROL STRONGIN TUFTS, A Psychoanalytic Reading of Nora JOAN TEMPLETON, Is A Doll House a Feminist Text? Questions for Writing: Applying a Critical Strategy SAMPLE STUDENT PAPER: On the Other Side of the Slammed Door in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House 48. A Critical Case Study: John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A ParableA Brief Biography*JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY, Doubt: A ParableIn a Catholic school in the 1960’s, a nun accuses a priest of something for which she has no proof. As the drama unfolds and toys with our sense of uncertainty, we are left to ask ourselves, "What do you do when you’re not sure?"PERSPECTIVES*JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY, On the Value of Doubt*ALEX WITCHEL, On Shanley’s Experiences in Catholic School*ELIZABETH CULLINGFORD, On the Whiplash Climax of Doubt*KENNETH TURAN, On the Film Version of DoubtPlays in Performance Photos of scenes from:Oedipus the King A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hamlet A Doll’s House DoubtRodeo FencesTrying to Find ChinatownDeath of a SalesmanNo Child…Playwriting 101 Naked Lunch 49. A Thematic Case Study: An Album of Contemporary Humor and Satire JANE ANDERSON, The Reprimand SHARON E. COOPER, Mistaken IdentityJANE MARTIN, Rodeo RICH ORLOFF, Playwriting 101: The Rooftop Lesson *DAVID IVES, Moby-Dude, Or: The Three-Minute WhaleA short, silly, modern-take on the classic—complete with sound effects. A Collection of Plays 50. Plays for Further Reading DAVID HENRY HWANG, Trying to Find Chinatown ARTHUR MILLER, Death of a SalesmanPERSPECTIVESARTHUR MILLER, Tragedy and the Common ManARTHUR MILLER, On Biff and Willy LowmanNILAJA SUN, No Child…*WENDY WASSERSTEIN, Tender OfferWhen a father misses his daughter’s dance recital, they share a tentative yet sentimental moment as they talk through their complex relationship. AUGUST WILSON, Fences PERSPECTIVEDAVID SAVRAN, An Interview with August Wilson Critical Thinking and Writing 51. Critical Strategies for Reading Critical Thinking The Literary Canon: Diversity and Controversy Formalist Strategies Biographical Strategies Psychological Strategies Historical Strategies Literary History Criticism Marxist Criticism New Historicist Criticism Cultural Criticism Gender Strategies Feminist Criticism Gay and Lesbian Criticism Mythological Strategies Reader-Response Strategies Deconstructionist Strategies 52. Reading and the Writing ProcessThe Purpose and Value of Writing about Literature Reading the Work Closely Annotating the Text and Journal Note Taking Annotated Text Journal Note Choosing a Topic Developing a Thesis Arguing about Literature Questions for Arguing about Literature Organizing a Paper Writing a Draft Writing the Introduction and Conclusion Using Quotations Revising and Editing Questions for Writing: A Revision Checklist Manuscript Form Types of Writing Assignments Explication A SAMPLE STUDENT EXPLICATION: A Reading of Dickinson’s "There’s a certain Slant of light" EMILY DICKINSON, There’s a certain Slant of light Analysis A SAMPLE STUDENT ANALYSIS: "The A & P" as a State of Mind Comparison and Contrast A SAMPLE STUDENT COMPARISON: The Struggle for Women’s Self-Definition in "Eveline" and A Doll House 53. The Literary Research Paper Choosing a Topic Finding Sources Annotated List of References Electronic Sources Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes Developing a Thesis and Organizing the Paper Revising Documenting Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism The List of Works Cited Parenthetical References A SAMPLE STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER: How the Narrator Cultivates a Rose for Emily 54. Taking Essay Examinations Preparing for an Essay Exam Keep Up with the Reading Take Notes and Annotate the Text Anticipate Questions Types of Exams Closed-Book versus Open-Book Exams Essay Questions Strategies for Writing Essay Exams Glossary of Literary Terms Index of First Lines Index of Authors and Titles Index of TermsFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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