The Norton Introduction to Fiction

The 54 stories in the Sixth Edition 19 of which are new provide a wealth of classroom favorites and contemporary selections among them stories by Toni Cade Bambara Charles Baxter Joseph Conrad Julio Cortzar Ha Jin Margaret Laurence Reginald McKnight Eudora Welty and Edith Wharton. The Sixth Edition Strengthens its emphasis on reading texts in different contexts--authorial literary cultural and social--with two new "Exploring Contexts" chapters devoted to culture and literary forms: "border" stories by Rudolfo Anaya Richard Dokey and Denise Chvez; and the "short short" story and the novel. Fiction: Reading Responding Writing introduces students to reading fiction. Evaluating Fiction develops studentscritical skills. Questions and Writing Suggestions promote careful reading and offer sparks for writing. 3 complete student papers provide real student responses to several of the Writing suggestions. Writing about Fiction includes a jargon-free introduction to contemporary critical theory.