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by: X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780205551033
ISBN: 0205551033
Label: Longman
Manufacturer: Longman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1232
Publication Date: October 27, 2007
Publisher: Longman
Sales Rank: 219639
Studio: Longman
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Average Rating: 
Rating: - Not Bad At All
I'm a student and this textbook was assigned for my intro to literature class. I was surprised by how much I actually ENJOYED this textbook! There is a lot of good writing in it, some great examples of literature, which made for interesting class discussions. I even found myself reading a lot of the passages that weren't assigned, just out of curiousity, and most of them were really quite enjoyable.
Rating: - A compelling choice
Overpriced like most textbooks but probably the only introductory literature anthology since Benjamin LaMott's "Close Imagining" (McGraw Hill) that I'd use a second time. It's compact yet very generous and representative. For example, you can pair "Young Goodman Brown" with "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" or "A Rose for Emily" with "Barn Burning" or "A & P" with "Araby." Most of the frequently taught poems are here, and there are more plays--from Sophocles to Arthur Miller--than would ever fit ... Read More
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