Literature (Candian Edition)

by Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell, Candace Fertile

Literature is born from the need to communicate a personal vision to readers, but it lives because of the timeliness of its themes, languages, and Reading, Reacting, Writing, Second Canadian Edition, includes works that represent a wide assortment of cultures and viewpoints and weaves together old and new, past and present through a collection of 45 short stories, 247 poems, and 12 plays.Favourite and emerging Canadian authors including Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro, and Madeleine Thien are showcased among international selections

Genres: Reference, Language, Literature, Poetry, Writing

1365 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Sandra]

I went by the ISBN so this should be the right edition (Eighth if you were wondering). So far so good. I'm currently reading this for my English 1B class, which is basically a critical thinking course for English. I love the variety of stories and authors, both contemporary and classic.

I will say I'm a little disappointed with the definitions. If you are going to highlight a term there should be a proper description and context when first introduced. I sometimes have to wait three or four chapters til I finally get a proper explanation.

[PS]

I read this back in the sixth form. I loved it so much, especially the poetry section. Definitely worth a read and available quite cheaply online.

[d4]

Something to lug around to class and cause back pain.

Just so I won't have to stress about keeping track of my course syllabus:

SHORT STORIES
Aug 17-21
p. 461 - "The Lottery" - Shirley Jackson
p. 230 - "A & P" - John Updike

Aug 24-28
p. 197 - "The Story of an Hour"
p. 281 - "The Storm"
p. 216 - "A Rose for Emily"

Aug 31-Sept 4
p. 309 - "I Stand Here Ironing"
p. 469 - "Everyday Use"
p. 409 - "A Good Man is Hard to Find"

Sept 7-11
p. 573 - "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
p. 435 - "The Things They Carried"
p. 525 - "The Rocking-Horse Winner"

Sept 14-18
p. 350 - "The Cask of Amontillado"


DRAMA
Sept 21-25
p. 1371 - Trifles
p. 1525 - Proof

Sept 28-Oct 2
p. 1384 - Raisin in the Sun
p. 1580 - Death of a Salesman

Oct 5-9
p. 1785 - Oedipus
p. 1899 - Antigone

Oct 12-16
p. 1997 - Glass Menagerie
p. 1654 - Hamlet (Acts I-III)

Oct 19-23
- Hamlet (Acts IV-V)

POETRY
Oct 26-30
p. 1060 - "Digging"
p. 981 - "The Eagle"
p. 865 - "The Man He Killed"
p. 1070 - "Traveling Through the Dark"
p. 1058 - "My Papa's Waltz"
p. 1059 - "Those Winter Sundays"
p. 1095 - "Mother to Son"
p. 930- "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Nov 2-6
p. 864 - "Fire and Ice"
p. 873 - "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time"
p. 878 - "Ozymandias"
p. 1179 - "Mending Wall"
p. 1180 - "The Road Not Taken"
p. 1180 - "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
p. 1168 - "Death Be Not Proud"

Nov 9-13
p. 899- "in Just-"
p. 923 - "Red Wheelbarrow"
p. 931 - "Dulce et Decorum Est"
p. 1218 - "Richard Cory"
p. 1101 - "Birmingham Sunday"
p. 1166 - "There is No Frigate Like a Book"
p. 1097 - "I, Too"

Nov 16-20
p. 1145 - "The Lamb"
p. 1146 - "The Tyger"
p. 1034 - "The Raven"
p. 909 - "The Faithful Wife"
p. 912 - "We Real Cool"
p. 944 - "O my Love is Like a Red, Red Rose"
p. 1237 - "Song of Myself"
p. 1246 - "The Second Coming"

I've read the majority of these before--quite a few of them several times.

[Jonathan]

None

[Aaron]

think this is a fine collection of literature and poetry.

[Monique the Book Geek]

I read this book for school.