Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays (2nd Edition)

A Blair Press Book. In both apparatus and selections, it is the most reader-oriented of the major anothologies. Selection introductions provide essential context and analytical tools, while follow-up questions promote both close reading and personal response. This comprehensive literature anthology organized around the three major literary genres contains writing ideas and examples throughout, and a writing-about-literature section at the end of each chapter supplies writing suggestions, guides, and models. A substantial number of newer or less-traditional works are juxtaposed with classic favorites, all of which are distinctive and accessible.