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Confronting the Text, Confronting the World: Reading, Learning, Teaching Barbara Kingsolver

Name: Confronting the Text, Confronting the World: Reading, Learning, Teaching Barbara Kingsolver
Author: P. L. Thomas
ISBN: 9780820479231

by P. L. Thomas

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Overview

This book explores the writing of contemporary American author, Barbara Kingsolver, who offers readers and students engaging fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that confront the reader and the world. Here, teachers will find an introduction to the works of Kingsolver and an opportunity to explore how to bring those works into the classroom as a part of the reading and writing curriculum. This volume attempts to confront what we teach and how we teach as English teachers through the vivid texts Kingsolver offers her readers.

Synopsis

In this guide for high school teachers, Thomas (education, Furman U.) introduces the work of contemporary American author Barbara Kingsolver and offers suggestions for incorporation into the reading and writing curriculum. Coverage includes three of Kingsolver's novels—The Bean Trees, The Poisonwood Bible, and Prodigal Summer—as well as her nonfiction and poetry. Examples of related works that may be taught in conjunction with Kingsolver are provided throughout the volume. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR