100 Great Poets provides a concise but comprehensive overview of the poetic tradition in English. Chronologically arranged, the book presents the major poets from Beowulf to the present with representative examples from each author. The headnotes and selections reflect the high notes of each poet¿s ..
Both noted poets themselves, X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia write of their subject with a humor, style, and verve that makes the joys of poetry accessible to all. An introduction to a balance of contemporary and classic poems. Casebooks offer in-depth look at an author or clusters of works, for example..
The smallest and most economical member of the Kennedy/Gioia family, Backpack Literature, 2/e, features the authors’ collective poetic voice which brings personal warmth and a human perspective to the discussion of literature, adding to students’ interest in the readings. Author: Gioia, Dana Publish..
The smallest and most economical member of the Kennedy/Gioia family, Backpack Literature is a brief paperback version of the discipline's most popular introduction to literature anthology. Like its bigger, bestselling predecessors, Backpack Literature features the authors' collective poetic voice wh..
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The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta changed the course of American popular music. The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia the auth..
Organized by genre. (Fiction, Poetry, Drama) The author’s voice brings personal warmth, a human perspective, and a poet’s insight to the discussion of literature. Reflects a balance of classic works, contemporary and non-Western selections. More theory has been added with the addition of new caseboo..
The most popular introductory anthology of its kind, Kennedy/Gioia’s Literature continues to inspire students with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays.Poets in their own right, editors X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human perspective to t..
Literature helps readers develop sensitivities to language, gender, race, and culture. It provides a forum for exploration and an opportunity to emerge beyond one's self, see through another's eyes, and live as someone else. Between the covers of this sampling of world-class literature are countless..
Intelligent, down-to-earth style anthology of crucial works of literature in English for students and readers interested in language, culture and identity. Author: Kennedy, X. J.; Gioia, Dana Publisher: Longman Pub Group Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0321015576 ISBN-13: 9780321015570..
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Portable Edition Author: Gioia, Dana Publisher: Longman Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0321355091 ISBN-13: 9780321245519..
The most popular introductory anthology of its kind, Kennedy/Gioia’s Literature continues to inspire students with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays. Poets in their own right, editors X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human Author: Gioia, ..
The material is presented in a newly revised, easier to study format and inlcudes MLA’s latest guidelines. Conversations between Dana Gioia and celebrated fiction writer Amy Tan, current U. S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, and contemporary playwright David Ives, offer students an insider’s look into the i..
The concise version of the discipline's most popular introductory anthology, Kennedy/Gioia’s Literature, Compact Edition continues to inspire students with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays. Poets in their own right, editors X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring pe..
Literature, Compact Interactive Edition comes automatically with MyLiteratureLab, Longman's multimedia website. MyLiteratureLab screen icons are found in the margins throughout the book. An icon next to an author's name indicates that further resources about that author are available on MyLiterature..
Very little wear Author: X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia Publisher: Pearson Longman Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0321428501 ISBN-13: 9780321428509..
Literature, Portable Edition, 11/e, features four lightweight, paperback volumes-Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing-packed in a slipcase. The material is presented in a newly revised, easier to study format and inlcudes MLA’s latest guidelines. Conversations between Dana Gioia and celebrated fictio..
Literature ,An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, &Writing AP Edition 5th edition Author: Gioia, Dana Publisher: Pearson College Div Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0131357808 ISBN-13: 9780131357808..
If you read in with care, and spend some time learning what it wants to teach you it will change you life. Author: Gioia, Dana Publisher: Pearson Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0132399393 ISBN-13: 9780132399395..
Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world and it was born in one of the most colorful and varied cities, New Orleans. From the seed first planted by slave dances held in Congo Square and nurtured by early ensembles led by Buddy Belden and Joe "King" Oliver, jazz began its longwindin..