Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature Reading, Thinking, Writing

Name: Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature Reading, Thinking, Writing
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ISBN: 9780312469597

ISBN-10: 0312469594

ISBN-13: 9780312469597

Edition: 8th 2008

Authors: Michael Meyer

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The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literatureis designed to bring literature to life and to make students lifelong readers. As an instructor of literature and writing, editor Michael Meyer understands that a particular challenge in today's classroom is that students may not see literature as relevant to their lives. They may have difficulty reading it critically and lack confidence in their writing skills. With these factors in mind, Meyer has put together a lively collection of literature drawn from many periods, cultures, and voices, with an excellent representation of contemporary authors, women authors, and authors of color.These works are presented with more than a dozen chapters of…

Book details

List price: $72.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 2/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1728
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English

Michael Meyer first went to China in 1995 with the Peace Corps. The winner of a Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing, Meyer has also won a Whiting Writers' Award for nonfiction and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His stories have appeared in the New York Times, Time, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Slate, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. He is the author of The Last Days of Old Beijing, which became a bestseller in China, and he divides his time between Pittsburgh and Singapore.