Understanding Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing, MLA Update

by Walter Kalaidjian, Judith Roof, Stephen Watt

Understanding Literature is an innovative anthology and technology package representing the next generation of literary pedagogy for introduction to literature and literature for composition courses. Built on a balanced foundation of canonical and nontraditional reading selections, this text includes discussions of the formal literary elements--and integrates relevant and accessible coverage of contemporary criticism. This unique, integrated coverage of contemporary critical approaches offers students a richer, more engaging introduction to reading critically and writing about literature.

2384 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2002

Reviews

[Lanell Gardiner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read a lot of this for my MSU ISHALL class. Lots of good references and things to learn from it. It has a lot of poems and short stories. That's about it.