The Compact Bedford introduction to literature reading, thinking, and writing - Meyer, Michael; Meyer, Michael 1945-. (Boston Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1994)
Table of Contents: Preface for Instructors. Introduction: Reading Imaginative Literature -- Fiction: 1. Reading Fiction -- 2. Plot -- 3. Character -- 4. Setting -- 5. Point of View -- 6. Symbolism -- 7. Theme -- 8. Style, Tone, and Irony -- 9. A Study of Two Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Flannery O'Connor -- 10. Critical Case Study: William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" -- 11. A Collection of Stories -- Poetry: 12. Reading Poetry -- 13. Word Choice, Word Order, and Tone -- 14. Images -- 15. Figures of Speech -- 16. Symbol, Allegory, and Irony -- 17. Sounds -- 18. Patterns of Rhythm -- 19. Poetic Forms -- 20. Open Form -- 21. A Study of Two Poets: Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost -- 22. Critical Case Study: T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" -- 23. A Collection of Poems -- Drama: 24. Reading Drama -- 25. A Study of Sophocles -- 26. A Study of William Shakespeare -- 27. Modern Drama -- 28. Critical Case Study: Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House -- 29. A Collection of Plays -- Critical Thinking and Writing: 30. Critical Strategies for Reading -- 31. Reading and Writing -- 32. The Literary Research Paper. -- Index of First Lines. Index of Authors and Titles. Index of Terms.
Includes index.
Keywords: Literature -- Collections; College readers