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Overview
Combining the broadest selection of readings with time-proven and class-tested instruction, LITERATURE: READING, REACTING, WRITING, Eighth Edition, remains the most useful and student-friendly introduction to literature text available. The text includes a comprehensive guide to writing about literature with full coverage of critical thinking, argument, and the writing process. Teachers themselves, authors Kirszner and Mandell take you through each step of the research and writing process, helping you to craft literary analyses and arguments and to understand that writing about literature is a process of discovery, examination, and debate.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"The Kirszner/Mandell text seems more approachable because of the inclusion of things like graphic novels and music lyrics. This text also gives a more thorough explanation of the process of writing about literature.""The book serves my purposes better than any other I've previewed. It includes modern and multicultural as well as canonized works; and focuses on understanding literature from a student perspective."