Literature Across Cultures

Name: Literature Across Cultures
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ISBN: 9780321460073

ISBN-10: 0321460073

ISBN-13: 9780321460073

Edition: 5th 2008

Authors: Sheena Gillespie, Terezinha Fonseca, Anthony P. Pipolo

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With classic and contemporary selections by authors from a wide range of racial and ethnic groups, Literature Across Cultures 5e introduces the reader to important literary works and helps readers explore critical themes of our times, such as gender and identity, the effects of war and violence, and many more. nbsp; The 5 th edition focuses on the political, social, and multicultural aspects of literary debates related to the dialectics of roots and rebellions, self and society, gender and identity, the causes and effects of war and violence as well as issues of class, race, ethnicity, and sexual preference. These features have brilliantly distinguished this volume from other thematic…

Book details

List price: $104.40
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1072
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Denotes selections new to this edition


Each part concludes with ldquo;Part Writingrdquo; and ldquo;Research Assignments.rdquo;


Introduction: Reading and Writing as a Social Act


The Meaning of Literature


The Function of Literature


Strategies for Reading Literature: A Step-by-Step Guideline


Writing as a Social Act


Writing the Literary Essay: A Step-by-Step Guideline



Origins and Insights


Fiction



The Death of Ivan Ilyich



And the Soul Shall Dance



Roman Fever



First Confession



A Power Struggle



The Watch



The Sky Is Gray



Young Goodman Brown



Araby. Essays



My People. Plato


The Allegory of the Cave



Once More to the Lake



from Imaginary Homelands. Poetry



The Father Poem Two



The Hatmaker



Going Home



During a Son's Dangerous Illness



Lost Sister



Mnemonic



The Gift



Song for My Name



The Jewish Cemetery at Newport



Fern Hill



It's Something Our Family Has Always Done



Warm Heart Contains Life



My Grandmother's Hands



Gentle Communion



A Breeze Swept Through



Fishermen



The Lamb



The Tyger



Frederick Douglass



Tour 5



Those Winter Sundays



Runagate Runagate. Drama. Sophocles


Oedipus Rex



Tragedy of Hamlet


Prince of Denmark



Gender and Identity


Fiction



The Revolt of ldquo;Mother.rdquo;



A Respectable Woman



The Storm



Roselily



The Yellow Wallpaper



Another Evening at the Club



Town and Country Lovers. Essays



Professions for Women



One Man's Kids



The Fraternal Bond as a Joking Relationship



Sex


Lies


and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other? Poetry



The Faithful Wife



Genesis



Afterbirth



Ragazza



Petals of Silence



Borders



Elena



Home Burial



The Harlem Dancer



What Lips My Lips Have Kissed



My Last Duchess



Porphyria's Lover



The Willing Mistress



To His Coy Mistress



The Willing Mistress



The Young Warrior



The Bridal Veil



Bright Star



She Proves the Inconsistency of the Desires and Criticism of Men Who Accuse Women of What They Themselves Cause



When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought



Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds



Th' Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame