Making Literature Matter with 2016 MLA Update

by John Schilb, John Clifford

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATES! Our editorial team has updated this text based on content from The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN.Students have always responded powerfully to the memorable stories, poems, plays, and essays gathered in distinctive clusters in Making Literature Matter’s thematic anthology. At the same time, the book’s chapters on reading, writing and research help students harness those responses into persuasive, well-supported arguments about the issues raised by the literature. As ever, the new edition of Making Literature Matter reflects John Schilb and John Clifford’s careful attention to emerging pedagogical needs and trends. In response to instructor requests, they have expanded their treatment of argumentation and research, and refined their approach to literary genres. Further, they read widely to identify some of the most engaging fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction published recently, and based their new choices for the sixth edition on how well that literature raises and explores issues that matter to students right now.

Genres: Reference, Writing, Anthologies, Classics, School

1632 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Danny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent primer on close reading and critical analysis of all types of literature.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book and the class I took with it changed how I feel about literature. I am now much more confident in my abilities to analyze and interpret literature.

[Ange · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book and the class I took with it changed how I feel about literature. I am now much more confident in my abilities to analyze and interpret literature.

[Danna]

A bargain book could convince me to become an English Lit instructor, or at least fall in love with literature again.

[Nymphadora Remus · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best parts of this thorough text are the student examples and the lists of example questions.

[Sandra Reyes]

How do I read it for like a ebook?

[Yvonne Raphael · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best parts of this thorough text are the student examples and the lists of example questions.