Glencoe Literature: The Reader's Choice: World Literature

by McGraw-Hill Education and McGraw-Hill

Book Overview

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new. - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Glencoe Literature for 2002 also makes new things familiar and familiar... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0078251125
• ISBN13: 9780078251122
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
• Length: 1199 Pages
• Weight: 6.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 8.4" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

great text book

Good stuff! It is jam-packed with lit. from all over. It has great introductions for each author. The questions and discussion ideas for each work are very helpful in understanding what you have read. It gives a good experience. Print not too big or too small, it's well bound (and I am hard on my text books). The glossary in the back is a bit weak, but if you are in world lit you should know most of these things any way. I am very happy with this book.

A great introduction to literature from around the globe.

This is an excellent text for use in introductory world literature courses at either the high school or college levels. It offers a wide array of short stories, drama, and poetry by respected authors throughout history and up into the 20th century. Included are ancient pieces such as Akhenaton's "Hymn to the Aton" and Psalm 23 from the Bible, works by modern authors like Alice Walker, and everything in between, including Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Kafka, Dante, Dostoyesvsky, Yeats, Brontë, Wordsworth, Sophocles, Schiller, Ibsen, Colette, Bombal, Hemingway, Poe, Dickinson, and many more. There are 76 pieces in all, categorized by continent / region: the Mediterranean, Continental Europe, Africa, the Far East, Latin America, North America, and Great Britain.Each piece, usually one of that particular author's best and most famous, is introduced by the editor with information on the author's life, times, and works. There are also accompanying critical questions for each story, play, and poem. I found that these were very useful as jumping-off points for the analysis of a piece, helping to start the critical thinking process. In addition, the editor suggests a few creative writing exercises to go along with each piece. I enjoyed using this book and feel that I gained a lot from it. The pieces are well-selected and give a nice sampling of literature from all geographical regions and time periods, including works in all genres and literary styles. Definitely a recommended text.

good collection

this book is a great collection of stories from around the world. anyone would enjoy reading it.