An essential collection of literature that reflects the classic canon -- and the new. Among the 35 stories, 219 poems, and 11 plays, you'll see works by Faulkner, Frost, Hughes, and Shakespeare appear alongside those by Chitra Divakaruni, T.C. Boyle, Kay Ryan, and David Henry Hwang.
Brief and inexpensive. At 1,100 pages and value-priced, Literature to Go is an appealing option for instructors and students.
Surprisingly full coverage of reading and writing includes student-friendly chapters on the elements of literature and sample close readings that model critical reading. 5 chapters on the writing process include 6 MLA-style student papers that model techniques for arguing about literature. Hundreds of assignments offer more occasions for writing than any other comparable anthology.
Case studies on major authors, including Flannery O'Connor and William Shakespeare, reveal writers as real people and literature as a living art form. An in-depth chapter on Billy Collins, created with the poet himself, features 5 of his poems and reflective essays that Collins wrote expressly for Meyer's book. These materials, along with photos and drafts from Collins's notebooks, give students an intimate look into the creative process of one of America's most famous contemporary poets.
Bedford/St. Martin's new media for literature. Our free and open site, Re:Writing for Literature (bedfordstmartins/rewritinglit), gathers our best online resources for reading and writing about literature with tutorials, quizzes, and help for finding and citing sources. VideoCentral: Literature, available for packaging (free) with student editions of the anthology, offers more than 50 video interviews by PBS producer Peter Berkow, with authors including T.C. Boyle, Ha Jin, and Anne Rice. For more information, visit bedfordstmartins.com/videocentral.