Elements of Literature: Essay, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film
"This text assembles, as in earlier editions, 'the best that has been thought and said in the world' of representative works for introducing young, college initiates into the genres older ones of us have come to breathe and love. I am still happy with what it does for my students: it starts their hearts to palpitate."--L.P. Sego, Indiana State University"I like the inclusion of essays as a literary form in addition to the usual selection of plays, poems and short fiction."--Ruth Oleson, Huron University"An extremely well put together collection--very useful for an intro course."--David L. Frey, Medaille College"A representative reader which is unencumbered with text book apparatus and suitable for a variety of classes ranging from composition to literature for majors."--Beverly Schneller, Millersville University of Pennsylvania"An excellent selection of stories and novellas and outlines a critical vocabulary for students to use in their discussions.  I like it and so do my students."--Aliki Barnstone, Marquette University"Robert Scholes's text is clearly better than those that cross my desk. The introductory comments are lucid and touch on historically key concepts of critical understanding in form--a necessity for their introductory course. Then the demonstrations of analysis provide my students with models for their own analysis.  Excellent selections--Boccaccio to Borges, Sophocles to Welles! Typeface is beautiful!"--Royce Wicks, Sierra Heights College"An exceptional text in every way.  The correspondence between the essay, film, and other standardized genres is noteworthy.  Should become an industry standard based on the critical approaches alone."--Robert R. Hill, Seminole Junior College"What I like about this text is its comprehensiveness."--H. Bogdan, St. John's University"I love this anthology!"--Brenda Serotte, Lehman College"Appropriate for the senior seminar review of literature....A fine work."--Louie W. Attebery, The College of Idaho