Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001 - Literary Collections - 2157 pages

Uniquely emphasizing how writers of fiction, poetry, and drama talk about what they do, this introduction to literature lets the words of writers guide students in their exploration of the many ways to read, think, and write about literature.

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Review: Literature and Its Writers: A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

User Review  - Valerie - Goodreads

I'm hoping to use this for an intro lit class I'm teaching next semester. I really like the diversity of texts it offers and, as with Charters' other textbooks, a focus on writing as something alive ...

Review: Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

User Review  - Thirteenth Peer - Goodreads

I actually didn't get this for a class. My wife picked it up at a library booksale. I like this anthology because it presents a pleasurable variety of material. It also hits some anthology favorites ...

About the author

Ann Charters received her B.A. at Berkeley and her Ph.D. at Columbia. She first met Kerouac at a poetry reading in Berkeley in 1956, and compiled a comprehensive bibliography of his work in 1967. A professor of English at the University of Connecticut, she is also the editor of "Selected Letters of Jack Kerouac" and the "Portable Kerouac Reader,"" "and the author of "Beats and Company: Portrait of a Literary Generation,"

Marowitz is a celebrated theatre director.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
• Contributors: Ann Charters, Samuel Charters
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001
• ISBN: 0312209797, 9780312209797
• Length: 2157 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / General