Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing
Michael Meyer (Ph.D., University of Connecticut) has taught writing and literature courses for more than 30 years — since 1981 at the University of Connecticut and before that at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the College of William and Mary. His scholarly articles have appeared in distinguished journals such asAmerican Literature,Studies in the American Renaissance, andVirginia Quarterly Review. An internationally recognized authority on Henry David Thoreau, Meyer is a former president of the Thoreau Society and coauthor (with Walter Harding) ofThe New Thoreau Handbook, a standard reference source. His other books for Bedford/St. Martin's includePoetry: An Introduction(2010),The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature(2009); andThinking and Writing about Literature(2001).