The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing

About this book

The Bedford Introduction to Literature is a best-seller for a reason: It brings literature to life for students helping to make them lifelong readers and better writers. Classic works drawn from many periods and cultures appear alongside a strong showing from todays notable authors. There is plenty of support for students with a dozen chapters of critical reading and writing support helpful sample close readings writing assignments and student papers. And because everyone teaches and learns a little differently there are lots of options for working with the literature including case studies on individual works and themes that everyone can relate to. In-depth chapters on major authors like Flannery OConnor and Emily Dickinson take students deeper into their work and the new tenth edition features a chapter on the fiction of Dagoberto Gilb created in collaboration with the author himself one more way that the anthology showcases literature as a living changing art form.