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They're designed for college, but some prep schools and high schools use them too.
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BOOKS FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE (all published by Pearson / Longman):
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, by X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Tenth edition, hardcover, 2007. Still the most widely adopted college literature book in print, and, we must say, better than ever.
For easy handling, the Tenth edition is also available as four separate paperbacks, boxed, as Literature, Portable Edition. There is also Backpack Literature, a compact paperback (2006), and Compact and Compact Interactive editions (both 2007).
An Introduction to Poetry by X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Twelfth edition, paperback, 2007.
An Introduction to Fiction by X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Tenth edition, paperback, 2007.
Handbook of Literary Terms by XJK, Dana Gioia, and Mark Bauerlein. Second edition, paperback, 2009 (but now available). A trade paperback version, available in bookstores, is called The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms (2006).
For details on these books, please visit the Longman website:
www.awl.com/kennedy
You can order a single copy of any of these books from Amazon.com or BN.com.
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BOOKS TO START STUDENTS WRITING (all published by Bedford / St. Martin's):
NEW! Writing and Revising: A Portable Guide by X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Marcia F. Muth. Paperback, 2007.
The Bedford Reader by X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Jane E. Aaron. Tenth edition, 2009 (but now available). Paperback.
The most widely used college reader today, with stimulating essays by writers including Maya Angelou, Gore Vidal, Amy Tan, Calvin Trillin, H. L. Mencken, Jeff Greenfield, Russell Baker, George Orwell, Tom Wolfe, and many more. Organized by methods of writing, but lends itself to new theories of composition.
There is also The Brief Bedford Reader, Tenth edition, 2009. Paperback. Fewer essays, but with all the editorial material.
The Bedford Guide for College Writers by X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Marcia F. Muth. Eighth edition, 2008.
This popular guide to better writing is available in a choice of three editions: (1) with reader, research manual, and handbook, in both hardcover and paperback formats; (2) with reader, in paperback; (3) with reader and research manual, in paperback.
For details on these books, please visit the Bedford / St. Martins website:
www.bedfordstmartins.com/composition.
You can order a single copy of any of these books from Amazon.com or BN.com. |
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