Literature for Composition: Essays, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

by William E. Cain, William Burto, Barner Sylvan, et al.

Book Overview

"Literature for Composition" offers the finest writing and argument coverage, helpful discussions of the literary elements, compelling case studies, and a diverse array of selections. The book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321021533
• ISBN13: 9780321021533
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Pearson/Education
• Length: 1408 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Literature for Composition: Essays, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (8th Edition)

This book was a requirement for a Literature in Society class. This book is very expensive in my opinion. The stories, poems, and plays inside of the book are wonderful and eye-opening. Before each story, poem, or play there is a short biography about each author. I particularly enjoy those. It helped me most times to know where the author may have been coming from with his or her writing.

Great experience!

The book had a great price and arrived in excellent shape. I will be glad to shop here again!

So Interesting!!!

I learned so much with this book, it's so interesting. It offers a great selection of authors and writings, well-organized, easy to use and to understand. The delivery and the condition of the book were excellent. I'm very please with this buy.

deserted island

A great book if you love literature. If I were stuck on a deserted island, and could only take one book, I would instinctively choose Poe or Whitman. In reality, I would probably choose this book since it covers so much in such a small package. Well, this book and a pen. I wont be able to yell at the authors if I can't write in the margins. :)

compelling lit text ... a keeper

I have taught English 102 this semester (Fall 06) using this text and find it both professor and student friendly. I love the organization, the division of genres, critical thinking approaches, etc. The interspersing of photographs, art, and the culturally diverse offerings in terms of literary examples make for an experience that is memorable all around. It is a book that fosters independent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking. It encourages writing about literature in such a way that students don't feel this to be an impossible task. In short, it empowers students, both those who have an idea to go onward to upper division work in literature and/or writing and those students who thought that compostion classes were a "necessary evil." It is a book that begs to be opened and used. My students tell me this is one they will not sell back at the end of the semester, but will keep in their personal libraries. THAT is saying something. I think that the appeal of this book would be enhanced by a slightly lower price, but that is the only serious drawback.