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The Norton Introduction to Literature, Tenth Edition, includes a diverse selection of literature that fits any course, balancing exciting contemporary pieces with perennially popular classics.
The Tenth Edition is more flexible, helpful, and innovative than ever, with new albums of thematically linked pieces, an expanded treatment of the contexts of literature, and in-text pedagogy and emedia features that hone students" reading, analytical, and writing skills.
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Using images, sounds, and exercises, this multimedia CD-ROM shows students how literature connects to the world around them, and how working with that connection can help them read and write about literature with increased skill and understanding.
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The only introduction to literature that"s a Norton.
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is an unparalleled collection of the very best classic and contemporary stories, poems, and plays, in a flexible and inviting format that accommodates many different teaching styles, reading tastes, and pedagogical needs.
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This practical handbook offers a wide variety of innovative in-class exercises designed to enliven classroom discussion. Each of these flexible teaching exercises includes straightforward, step-by-step guidelines and suggestions for variation.
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Now offering two new contextual chapters, a completely rewritten section on writing about literature, refreshed pedagogy throughout the book, many new student-writing samples, and 60 new literary selections, the Ninth Edition of is more flexible and attractive than ever before.
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The Norton Introduction to Literature, Media Version, offers the same exceptional selection of classic and contemporary stories, poems, and plays as the regular edition in an innovative multimedia format.
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The Norton Introduction to Literature, Portable Edition, offers a balanced selection of classic and contemporary stories, poems, and plays in a brief and affordable format.
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Designed to accommodate a wide range of teaching styles and needs, this inviting introduction includes helpful annotation and pedagogy, student writing samples, and rich multimedia resources.
About the Author
Alison Boothis Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Her research interests focus on Victorian literature and feminist theory and criticism, and her teaching at Virginia has ranged from "The Nineteenth-Century British novel" to "Utopias and Science Fiction." She is the author of Greatness Engendered: George Eliot and Virginia Woolfand editor of Famous Last Words: Changes in Gender and Narrative Closure.
J. Paul Hunteris Professor of English Language and Literature, Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor in the Humanities, and Director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on eighteenth-century British literature, and his teaching and administrative interests have ranged widely. Despite his senior status at Chicago, Professor Hunter teaches the introductory poetry course every year. He is the author of several books, including Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction.
Kelly J. Maysis Assistant Professor of English at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Her research interests focus on nineteenth-century British literature and culture, postcolonial theory and literature, and pedagogical theory and practice. She frequently teaches the "Writing about Literature" course at UNLV and prior to joining UNLV taught at New Mexico State University and in Harvard"s expository writing program.