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For courses in Literature for Composition, Writing About Literature, and Introduction to Literature. This version of Literature for Composition has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)*The definitive source for composition and introduction to literature coursesWith an emphasis on critical thinking and argument, Literature for Composition offers superior coverage of reading, writing, and arguing about literature along with an anthology organized around eight thought-provoking themes. Throughout, the authors demonstrate that the skills emphasized in their discussions of communication are relevant not only to literature courses, but to all courses in which students analyze texts or write arguments. * The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the "increasing mobility of texts," MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.
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NOTEBRIEF CONTENTS I. THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT LITERATURE1. How to Write an Effective Essay about Literature: A Crash Course2. What is Critical Thinking about Literature? A Crash Course3. The Writer as Reader4. The Reader as Writer5. The Pleasures of Reading, Writing and Thinking about LiteratureII. WRITING ARGUMENTS ABOUT LITERATURE6. Close Reading: Paraphrase, Summary, and Explication7. Analysis: Inquiry, Interpretation and Argument8. Pushing Analysis Further: Re-Interpreting and Revision9. Comparison and Synthesis10. Research: Writing with SourcesIII. ANALYZING LITERARY FORMS AND ELEMENTS11. Reading and Writing about Essays12. Reading and Writing about Stories13. Reading and Writing about Graphic Fiction14. Reading and Writing about Plays15. Reading and Writing about PoemsIV. ENJOYING LITERARY THEMES: A THEMATIC ANTHOLOGY16. The World Around Us17. Technology and Human Identity18. Love and Hate, Men and Women19. Innocence and Experience20. All in a Day's Work21. American Dreams and Nightmares22. Law and Disorder23. JourneysAppendix A: Writing About Literature: An Overview of Critical StrategiesAppendix B: Remarks about Manuscript FormLiterary CreditsPhoto CreditsIndex of Authors, Titles, and First LinesIndex of TermsCOMPREHENSIVE CONTENTSContents by GenrePreface to InstructorsI: THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT LITERATURE 1: How to Write an Effective Essay about Literature: A Crash Course The Basic Strategy Reading Closely: Approaching a First DraftChecklist: Generating Ideas for a Draft Writing and Revising: Achieving a Readable DraftChecklist: Writing and Revising a DraftRevising: Working with Peer ReviewPreparing the Final Draft2: What is Critical Thinking about Literature?: A Crash Course The Basic Strategy What Is Critical Thinking? How Do We Engage in Critical Thinking?Close Reading Checklist: Close Reading Analysis: Inquiry, Interpretation, Argument Checklist: Inquiry and Question-Asking Checklist: Interpretation Checklist: Argument Comparison and Synthesis Checklist: Comparison and Synthesis Revision and Self-Awareness Standing Back: Kinds of Writing Non-Analytic vs. Analytic Writing 3: The Writer as Reader Reading and Responding KATE CHOPIN * Ripe Figs Reading as Re-creation Reading for Understanding: Collecting Evidence and Making Reasonable Inferences Reading with Pen in Hand: Close Reading and Annotation Sample Student Work: Annotation Reading for Response: Recording First Reactions Sample Student Work: Response Writing Reading for Inquiry: Ask Questions and Brainstorm Ideas Sample Student Work: Inquiry Notes Reading in Context: Identifying Your Audience and Purpose From Reading to Writing: Developing an Analytical Essay with an Argumentative Thesis Sample Student Analytical Essay: "Images of Ripening in Kate Chopin's 'Ripe Figs'" The Analytical Essay: Argument and Structure Analyzed The Writing Process: From First Responses to Final Essay Other Possibilities for Writing From Reading to Writing: Moving from Brainstorming to an Analytical Essay BRUCE HOLLAND ROGERS * Three Soldiers The Writing Process: From Response Writing to Final Essay Sample Student Work: Response Writing Sample Student Analytical Essay: "Thinking about Three Soldiers Thinking" The Analytical Essay: The Development of Ideas Analyzed From Reading to Writing: Moving from a Preliminary Outline to an Analytical Essay RAY BRADBURY * August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains The Writing Process: From Outlining to Final Essay Sample Student Work: OutliningSample Student Analytical Essay: "The Lesson of 'August 2026'" Your Turn: Additional Stories for Analysis MICHELE SERROS * Senior Picture Day HARUKI MURAKAMI * On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning JOHN UPDIKE * A & P 4: The Reader as Writer Developing Ideas through Close Reading and Inquiry Getting Ideas Annotating a Text KATE CHOPIN * The Story of an Hour Brainstorming Ideas Focused Freewriting Sample Student Work: Freewriting Listing Sample Student Work: Listing Asking Questions Sample Student Work: Inquiry Notes Keeping a Journal Sample Student Work: Journal-writing Developing a Thesis through Critical ThinkingArguing with Yourself Arguing a Thesis Checklist: Thesis Sentence From Reading to Writing to Revising: Drafting an Argument in an Analytical EssaySample Preliminary Draft of Student's Analytical Essay: "Ironies in an Hour"Revising an Argument Outlining an Argument Soliciting Peer Review, Thinking about Counterarguments From Reading to Writing to Revising: Finalizing an Analytical Essay Sample Final Draft of a Student's Analytical Essay: "Ironies of Life in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour'" The Analytical Essay: The Final Draft Analyzed From Reading to Writing to Revising: Finalizing an Analytical Essay KATE CHOPIN * Desiree's Baby Sample Student Analytical Essay: "Race and Identity in 'Desiree's Baby'" From Reading to Writing to Revising: Drafting a Comparison Essay KATE CHOPIN * The Storm Sample Student Work: Comparison Notes Sample Student Comparison Essay: "Two New Women" The Comparison Essay: Organization Analyzed Your Turn: Additional Stories for Analysis DAGOBERTO GILB * Love in L.A. ELIZABETH TALLENT * No One's a Mystery JUNOT DIAZ * How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE * Greasy Lake MARY ANNE HOOD * How Far She Went 5: The Pleasures of Reading, Writing and Thinking about Literature The Pleasures of Literature ALLEN WOODMAN * Wallet The Pleasures of Analyzing the Texts that Surround Us The Pleasures of Authoring Texts The Pleasures of Interacting with Texts Interacting with Fiction: Literature as Connection JAMAICA KINCAID * Girl Sample Student Personal Response Essay: "The Narrator in Jamaica Kincaid's 'Girl': Questioning the Power of Voice" Interacting with Graphic Fiction: Literature as (Making and Breaking) Rules LYNDA BARRY * Before You Write Interacting with Poetry: Literature as Language JULIA BIRD * 14: a txt msg pom. Interacting with Drama: Literature as PerformanceOSCAR WILDE* excerpt from The Importance of Being Ernest Interacting with Essays: Literature as Discovery ANNA LISA RAYA * It's Hard Enough Being Me Your Turn: Additional Stories, Poems, Plays and Essays for Pleasurable Analysis PoemsALBERTO RIOS * Nani JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA * Green Chili HELEN CHASIN * The Word Plum WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS * This Is Just to Say GARY SOTO * Oranges SARAH N. CLEGHORN * The Golf Links STEVIE SMITH * Not Waving but Drowning StoriesMARGARET ATWOOD * Happy Endings AMBROSE BIERCE * An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge PlayMICHAEL GOLAMCO * The Heartbreaker EssayGEORGE SAUNDERS Commencement Speech on Kindness II: WRITING ARGUMENTS ABOUT LITERATURE6 Close Reading: Paraphrase, Summary, andExplication What Is Literature? Literature and Form Form and Meaning ROBERT FROST * The Span of Life Close Reading: Reading in Slow Motion Exploring a Poem and Its MeaningLANGSTON HUGHES * Harlem ParaphraseSample Student Work: Paraphrase Summary Sample Student Work: Summary Explication Working Toward an ExplicationSample Student Work: AnnotationSample Student Work: Journal EntriesSample Student Work: ListingSample Student Explication Essay: "Langston Hughes's 'Harlem'" Explication as Argument CATHY SONG * Stamp CollectingSample Student Argumentative Explication Essay: "Giving Stamps Personality in 'Stamp Collecting'"Checklist: Drafting an ExplicationYour Turn: Additional Poems for Explication WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE * Sonnet 73JOHN DONNE * Holy Sonnet XIVEMILY BRONT * Spellbound LI-YOUNG LEE * I Ask My Mother to Sing RANDALL JARRELL * The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner 7 Analysis: Inquiry, Interpretation and Argument Analysis Understanding Analysis as a Process of Inquiry, Interpretation, ArgumentAnalyzing a Story from the Hebrew Bible: The Judgment of Solomon The Judgment of Solomon Developing an Analysis of the Story Opening Up Additional Ways to Analyze the Story Analyzing a Story from the New Testament: The Parable of the Prodigal Son The Parable of the Prodigal Son Asking Questions that Trigger an Analysis of the Story From Inquiry to Interpretation to Argument: Developing an Analytical Paper ERNEST HEMINGWAY * Cat in the RainClose ReadingSample Student Work: AnnotationsInquiry Questions Sample Student Work: Inquiry NotesInterpretation BrainstormingSample Student Work: Journal WritingThe Argument-Centered PaperSample Student Argument Paper: "Hemingway's American Wife"From Inquiry to an Analytical Paper: A Second ExampleSample Student Work: Inquiry NotesSample Student Work: Journal WritingJAMES JOYCE * ArabySample Student Analytical Essay: "'Araby's' Everyday and Imagined Setting"From Inquiry to Interpretation to Argument: Maintaining an Interpretation in an Analytical PaperAPHRA BEHN * Song: Love Armed Maintaining Interpretive InterestSample Student Work: Inquiry NotesSample Student Work: Journal WritingSample Student Essay: "The Double Nature of Love" Checklist: Editing a Draft Your Turn: Additional Short Stories and Poems for Analysis EDGAR ALLAN POE * The Cask of Amontillado LESLIE MARMON SILKO * The Man to Send Rain Clouds BILLY COLLINS * Introduction to PoetryROBERT FROST * The Road Not Taken JOHN KEATS * Ode on a Grecian UrnMARTIN ESPADA * Bully8 Pushing Analysis Further: Re-Interpreting andRevision Interpretation and Meaning Is the Author's Intention a Guide to Meaning? What Characterizes a Sound Interpretation? Interpreting Pat Mora's "Immigrants" PAT MORA * Immigrants Checklist: Writing an Interpretation Strategy #1: Pushing Analysis by Rethinking First ResponsesJEFFREY WHITMORE * Bedtime Story Sample Student Work: Response Writing RevisitedDOUGLAS L. HASKINS * Hide and Seek Sample Student Work: Response Writing RevisitedMARK PLANTS * Equal Rites Sample Student Work: Response Writing RevisitedStrategy #2: Pushing Analysis by Exploring Literary FormLANGSTON HUGHES * Mother to SonSample Student Work: Annotation Exploring FormSample Student Work: Inquiry Notes Exploring FormSample Student Analytical Essay: "Accepting the Challenge of a Difficult Climb in Langston Hughes' 'Mother to Son'"Strategy #3: Pushing Analysis by Emphasizing Concepts and InsightsROBERT FROST * Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Sample Student Analytical Essay: "Stopping by Woods-and Going On" Analyzing the Analytical Essay's Development of a Conceptual InterpretationSample Student Analytical Essay: " 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' as a Short Story" Strategy #4: Pushing Analysis Through RevisionRevising for Ideas vs. MechanicsRevising Using Instructor Feedback, Peer Feedback, and Self-CritiqueExamining a Preliminary Draft with Revision in MindHA JIN * SaboteurSample Student Preliminary Draft of an Analytical Essay: "Individual and Social Morals in Ha Jin's 'Saboteur'"Developing a Revision Strategy: Thesis, Ideas, Evidence, Organization, CorrectnessSample Student Final Draft of an Analytical Essay: "Individual and Social Morals in Ha Jin's 'Saboteur'"Your Turn: Additional Poems and Stories for Interpretation T. S. ELIOT * The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock JOHN KEATS * Ode on a Grecian Urn THOMAS HARDY * The Man He KilledANNE BRADSTREET * Before the Birth of One of Her ChildrenCHRISTINA ROSSETTI * After DeathFRED CHAPELLE * Narcissus and EchoJOYCE CAROL OATES * Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? RAYMOND CARVER * Cathedral 9 Comparison and Synthesis Comparison and Critical ThinkingOrganizing a Comparison PaperComparison and Close ReadingComparison and Asking QuestionsComparison and Analyzing EvidenceSample Student Work: Comparison ArgumentsComparison and Arguing with YourselfE. E. CUMMINGS * Buffalo Bill 's Checklist: Developing a ComparisonSynthesis Through Close Reading: Analyzing a Revised Short StoryRAYMOND CARVER * Mine RAYMOND CARVER * Little Things Sample Student Writing: Innovative ListingSynthesis Through Building a Concept Bridge: Connecting Two PoemsTHYLIAS MOSS * TornadoesKWAME DAWES * Tornado ChildSample Student Writing: Innovative Response WritingSynthesis Using ThemeSANDRA CISNEROS * Barbie-QMARYANNE O'HARA *Diverging Paths and All ThatJAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS * SweetheartsSample Student Writing: Innovative MappingSynthesis Using FormWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE * Sonnet 18:Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?HOWARD MOSS * Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's DaySample Student Comparison Essay: "A Comic Re-Writing of a Shakespeare Sonnet"Checklist: Revising a ComparisonYour Turn: Additional Poems and Stories for Comparison and SynthesisPoetry"Carpe diem" poemsROBERT HERRICK * To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE * The Passionate Shepherd to His Love SIR WALTER RALEIGH * The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd ANDREW MARVELL * To His Coy Mistress JOHN DONNE * The Bait "blackberry" poemsGALWAY KINELL *Blackberry EatingSYLVIA PLATH * BlackberryingSEAMUS HEANEY *Blackeberry-PickingYUSEF KOMUNYAKAA *Blackberries"America" poemsWALT WHITMAN * I Hear America SingingLANGSTON HUGHES * I, Too [Sing America]StoriesStories about reading and writingJULIO CORTAZAR * Continuity of ParksA.M. HOMES * Things You Should KnowStories about grandmothersLAN SAMANTHA CHANG * Water NamesKATHERINE ANNE PORTER * The Jilting of Granny Weatherall 10: Research: Writing with Sources Creating a Research PlanEnter Research with a Plan of ActionWhat Does Your Own Institution Offer?Plan the Type of Research You Want to DoSelecting a Research Topic and Generating Research QuestionsUse Close Reading as Your Starting PointSelect Your TopicSkim Resources Through Preliminary ResearchNarrow Your Topic and Form a Working ThesisSample Student Work: Digital Research Folder Assignment and Research Plan NotesSample Student Work: Digital Research Folder "Working Thesis" NotesGenerate Key Concepts as KeywordsCreate Inquiry QuestionsSample Student Work: Digital Research Folder "Research Keywords" and "Inquiry Questions" NotesLocating Materials Through Productive SearchesGenerate Meaningful KeywordsChecklist: Creating Meaningful Keywords for a Successful SearchUsing Academic Databases to Locate MaterialsSearch Full-Text Academic DatabasesSearch the MLA DatabasePerform Advanced Keyword SearchesSample Student Work: Searching the Academic DatabaseUsing the Library Catalog to Locate MaterialsLocate Books and Additional ResourcesSample Student Work: Searching the Library CatalogUsing the Internet to Perform Meaningful ResearchSample Student Work: Searching the InternetEvaluating Sources for Academic QualityChecklist: Evaluating Web Sites for QualitySample Student Work: Evaluating Sources for Academic QualityEvaluate Sources for Topic "Fit"Checklist: Evaluating Sources for Topic "Fit"Sample Student Work: Evaluating Sources for Topic "Fit"Taking Notes on Secondary SourcesA Guide to Note-TakingSample Student Work: Annotation of Research SourcesSample Student Work: Digital Research Folder Critical Thinking NotesDrafting the PaperFocus on Primary SourcesIntegrate Secondary Sources Create a Relationship Between Your Writing and the SourceSurround the Source with Your WritingAgree with a Source in Order to Develop Your IdeasSample Student Work: Source IntegrationAvoiding Plagiarism Sample Student Research Essay: "Dickinson's Representation of Changing Seasons and Changing Emotions"III: ANALYZING LITERARY FORMS AND ELEMENTS 11: Reading and Writing about Essays Types of Essays Elements of EssaysThe Essayist's Persona Voice Tone Topic and Thesis BRENT STAPLES * Black Men and Public SpaceChecklist: Getting Ideas for Writing about Essays Student Writing Portfolio (summary paper): Brent Staples "Black Men andPublic Space"Your Turn: Additional Essays for Analysis LANGSTON HUGHES * Salvation LAURA VANDERKAM * Hookups Starve the Soul STEVEN DOLOFF * The Opposite Sex GRETEL EHRLICH * About Men 12: Reading and Writing about Stories Stories True and False GRACE PALEY * Samuel Elements of Fiction Character PlotForeshadowing Setting and Atmosphere Symbolism Narrative Point of View Style and Point of View Theme WILLIAM FAULKNER * A Rose for Emily Checklist: Getting Ideas for Writing about Stories Student Writing Portfolio (analysis paper): William Faulkner "A Rose forEmily" Your Turn: Additional Stories for Analysis KATHERINE MANSFIELD * Miss BrillTIM O'BRIEN * The Things They Carried Gabriel Garcia Marquez * A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children An Author In Depth: Flannery O'ConnorFLANNERY O'CONNOR * A Good Man Is Hard to Find Remarks from Essays and Letters From "The Fiction Writer and His Country" From "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction" From "The Nature and Aim of Fiction" From "Writing Short Stories" On Interpreting "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" "A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable" 13: Reading and Writing about Graphic Fiction Letters and Pictures, Words and ImagesGRANT WOOD * Death on the Ridge Road Reading an Image: A Short Story Told in One Panel TONY CARRILLO * F Minus Elements of Graphic FictionVisual ElementsNarrative and Graphic JumpsGraphic StyleReading a Series of Images: A Story Told in Sequential Panels ART SPIEGELMAN * Nature vs. Nurture Checklist: Getting Ideas for Writing Arguments about Graphic FictionYour Turn: Additional Graphic Fiction for AnalysisWILL EISNER * Hamlet on a Rooftop An Example of a Graphic AdaptationR. CRUMB and DAVID ZANE MAIROWITZ * A Hunger Artist 14: Reading and Writing about Plays Types of Plays Tragedy Comedy Elements of Drama Theme Plot Gestures Setting Characterization and Motivation Checklist: Getting Ideas for Writing Arguments about Plays Thinking about a Filmed Version of a Play Getting Ready to Write about a Filmed PlayChecklist: Writing about a Filmed Play Student Writing Portfolio (comparison paper): Susan Glaspell "Trifles" and "A Jury of Her Peers"Susan Glaspell * Trifles Susan Glaspell * A Jury of Her Peers (short story version of play) Your Turn: Additional Plays for AnalysisA Modern Comedy DAVID IVES * Sure Thing A Note on Greek TragedySophocles * AntigoneAn Author In Depth: WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREA Note on the Elizabethan Theater A Note on Hamlet on the Stage A Note on the Text of Hamlet WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE * The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ANNE BARTON * The Promulgation of Confusion STANLEY WELLS * On the First Soliloquy ELAINE SHOWALTER * Representing Ophelia BERNICE W. KLIMAN * The BBC Hamlet: A Television Production WILL SARETTA * Branagh's Film of Hamlet 15: Reading and Writing about Poems Elements of Poetry The Speaker and the Poet EMILY DICKINSON * I'm Nobody! Who are you? EMILY DICKINSON * Wild Nights-Wild Nights The Language of Poetry: Diction and Tone WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE * Sonnet 146 Figurative LanguageWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE * Sonnet 130Imagery and SymbolismEDMUND WALLER * Song (Go, lovely rose)WILLIAM BLAKE * The Sick Rose Verbal Irony and ParadoxStructureRhythm and Versification: A Glossary for ReferenceMeterPatterns of SoundStanzaic PatternsBILLY COLLINS * SonnetBlank Verse and Free Verse Checklist: Getting Ideas for Writing Arguments about PoemsStudent Writing Portfolio (explication paper): Gwendolyn Brooks "kitchenette building"GWENDOLYN BROOKS * kitchenette buildingYour Turn: Additional Poems for AnalysisROBERT BROWNING * My Last Duchess E. E. CUMMINGS * anyone lived in a pretty how town SYLVIA PLATH * Daddy GWENDOLYN BROOKS * We Real Cool ETHERIDGE KNIGHT * For Malcolm, a Year After ANNE SEXTON * Her Kind JAMES WRIGHT * Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota An Author in Depth: Robert Frost Robert Frost on Poetry: The Figure a Poem MakesROBERT FROST * The Pasture ROBERT FROST * Mowing ROBERT FROST * The Wood-Pile ROBERT FROST * The Oven Bird ROBERT FROST * The Need of Being Versed in Country Things ROBERT FROST * The Most of It ROBERT FROST * Design PART IV: ENJOYING LITERARY THEMES: A THEMATIC ANTHOLOGY16: The World around Us Essays HENRY DAVID THOREAU * From WaldenBILL McKIBBEN * Now or Never Stories AESOP * The Ant and the Grasshopper AESOP * The North Wind and the Sun JACK LONDON * To Build a Fire SARAH ORNE JEWETT * A White Heron PATRICIA GRACE * Butterflies Poems MATTHEW ARNOLD * In Harmony with Nature THOMAS HARDY * Transformations GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS * God's Grandeur WALT WHITMAN * A Noiseless Patient Spider EMILY DICKINSON * A Narrow Fellow in the Grass EMILY DICKINSON * There's a certain Slant of lightEMILY DICKINSON * The name-of it-is "Autumn"JOY HARJO * Vision MARY OLIVER * The Black Walnut Tree KAY RYAN * Turtle Chapter Overview: Looking Backward/Looking Forward 17: Technology and Human IdentityEssayNICHOLAS CARR * Is Google Making Us Stupid?StoriesKURT VONNEGUT JR. * Harrison Bergeron AMY STERLING CASIL * Perfect Stranger MARK TWAIN * A Telephonic ConversationDOROTHY PARKER * A Telephone CallMARIA SEMPLE * Dear Mountain Room ParentsROBIN HEMLEY * Reply AllJOHN CHEEVER * The Enormous RadioRAY BRADBURY * The VeldtSTEPHEN KING * Word Processor of the GodsKIT REED * The New YouPoemsWALT WHITMAN * To a Locomotive in Winter (from Leaves of Grass)EMILY DICKINSON * I Like to see it lap the MilesLISEL MUELLER * The End of Science FictionDANIEL NYIKOS * Potato SoupA. E. STALLINGS * Sestina: LikePHILIP NIKOLAYEV * Dodging 1985MARCUS WICKER * Ode to Browsing the WebPlayLUIS VALDEZ * Los Vendidos Chapter Overview: Looking Backward/Looking Forward 18: Love and Hate, Men and WomenEssay JUDITH ORTIZ COFER * I Fell in Love, or My Hormones Awakened Stories ZORA NEALE HURSTON * Sweat JHUMPA LAHIRI, This Blessed HousePoems ANONYMOUS * Western Wind WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE * Sonnet 116 (Let me not to the marriage of true minds) JOHN DONNE * A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY * Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink ROBERT BROWNING, Porphyria's LoverNIKKI GIOVANNI * Love in Place ANONYMOUS * Higamus, HogamusDOROTHY PARKER * General Review of the Sex Situation FRANK O'HARA * Homosexuality MARGE PIERCY * Barbie Doll Play TERRENCE McNALLY * Andre's Mother Chapter Overview: Looking Backward/Looking Forward 19: Innocence and Experience Essay GEORGE ORWELL * Shooting an Elephant Stories HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN * The Emperor's New Clothes CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN * The Yellow Wallpaper JOHN STEINBECK * The Chrysanthemums ALICE WALKER * Everyday Use Poems WILLIAM BLAKE * Infant Joy WILLIAM BLAKE * Infant Sorrow WILLIAM BLAKE * The Echoing Green WILLIAM BLAKE * The Lamb WILLIAM BLAKE * The Tyger THOMAS HARDY, The Ruined MaidE. E. CUMMINGS * in Just- LOUISE GLUECK * The School Children LINDA PASTAN * Ethics THEODORE ROETHKE * My Papa's Waltz SHARON OLDS * Rites of Passage NATASHA TRETHEWEY * White Lies20: All in a Day's Work Essay Barbara Ehrenreich * Wal-Mart Orientation Program Stories Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm * Mother Holle WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS * The Use of Force Will Eisner * The Day I Became a Professional Daniel Orozco * Orientation Lorrie Moore * How to Become a Writer Poems William Wordsworth * The Solitary Reaper Carl Sandburg * Chicago Gary Snyder * Hay for the Horses Robert Hayden * Those Winter Sundays Seamus Heaney * Digging JULIA ALVAREZ * Woman's Work Marge Piercy * To be of use JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA * So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans Plays Jane Martin * Rodeo Arthur Miller * Death of a Salesman Chapter Overview: Looking Backward/Looking Forward 21: American Dreams and Nightmares Essays CHIEF SEATTLE * My People ELIZABETH CADY STANTON * Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions ABRAHAM LINCOLN * Address at the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery STUDS TERKEL * Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dream ANDREW LAM * Who Will Light Incense When Mother's Gone? Stories SHERMAN ALEXIE * The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven RALPH ELLISON * Battle Royal TONI CADE BAMBARA * The Lesson AMY TAN * Two Kinds Poems ROBERT HAYDEN * Frederick Douglass LORNA DEE CERVANTES * Refugee Ship EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON * Richard Cory W. H. AUDEN * The Unknown Citizen EMMA LAZARUS * The New Colossus THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH * The Unguarded Gates JOSEPH BRUCHAC III * Ellis Island AURORA LEVINS MORALES * Child of the Americas GLORIA ANZALDUA * To Live in the Borderlands Means You MITSUYE YAMADA * To the Lady NILA NORTHSUN * Moving Camp Too Far YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA * Facing It BILLY COLLINS * The Names PlayLORRAINE HANSBERRY * A Raisin in the Sun Chapter Overview: Looking Backward/Looking Forward 22: Law and Disorder Essay MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. * Letter from Birmingham Jail Stories ELIZABETH BISHOP * The Hanging of the Mouse URSULA K. LE GUIN * The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas SHIRLEY JACKSON * The Lottery WILLIAM FAULKNER * Barn Burning TOBIAS WOLFF * Powder Poems ANONYMOUS * Birmingham Jail A. E. HOUSMAN * The Carpenter's Son A. E. HOUSMAN * Oh who is that young sinner DOROTHY PARKER * Resume CLAUDE McKAY * If We Must Die JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA * Cloudy Day CAROLYN FORCHE * The Colonel HAKI MADHUBUTI, The B NetworkJILL McDONOUGH, Three a.m.Plays BILLY GODA * No Crime Chapter Overview: Looking Backward/Looking Forward 23: Journeys Essays JOAN DIDION * On Going Home MONTESQUIEU * Persian Letters Stories NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE * Young Goodman Brown EUDORA WELTY * A Worn Path AMY HEMPEL * Today Will Be a Quiet Day JAMES JOYCE * Eveline Poems JOHN KEATS * On First Looking into Chapman's Homer PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY * Ozymandias ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON * Ulysses COUNTEE CULLEN * Incident WILLIAM STAFFORD * Traveling through the Dark DEREK WALCOTT * A Far Cry from Africa SHERMAN ALEXIE * On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS * Sailing to Byzantium CHRISTINA ROSSETTI * Uphill A Note on Spirituals Anonymous * Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Anonymous * Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel PlayHENRIK IBSEN * A Doll's House Chapter Overview: Looking Backward/Looking Forward APPENDIX A: Writing about Literature: An Overview of Critical Strategies
