Journeys Through American LiteratureUniversity of Michigan Press, 2000 - 232 Seiten Journeys through American Literature, a more modern version of the classic text Journeys through Literature, introduces students to the best of nineteenth- and twentieth- century American literature while enhancing their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. A section from The House on Mango Street has been added to this edition. Chapters include an overview of the literary period and genre, biographical sketches of the author, and descriptions of the literary period or tradition to which the author belongs. Exercises and activities improve language skills and critical-thinking skills, with the focus on the student's response to the reading. Overall, the text provides a framework for the interpretation of prose and poetry and emphasizes collaborative learning so that students become more independent, critical thinkers. |
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... town to - morrow to git my horses shod . " tone . " I guess I'll git ready and go along , " said his wife , in a sorry attempt to be firm and confident of " What do you want to go to town fer ? " he grumbled . " What does anybody want ...
... town to - morrow to git my horses shod . " tone . " I guess I'll git ready and go along , " said his wife , in a sorry attempt to be firm and confident of " What do you want to go to town fer ? " he grumbled . " What does anybody want ...
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... town to - day to get a change , to have a little play - spell , and she's wan- dering around like a starved and weary cat . I wonder if there is a woman in this town with sympathy enough and courage enough to go out and help that woman ...
... town to - day to get a change , to have a little play - spell , and she's wan- dering around like a starved and weary cat . I wonder if there is a woman in this town with sympathy enough and courage enough to go out and help that woman ...
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... town from a little below the ferry landing , and the drift of the current fetched me in at the bottom of the town . I tied up and started along the bank . There was a light burning in a little shanty that hadn't been lived in for a long ...
... town from a little below the ferry landing , and the drift of the current fetched me in at the bottom of the town . I tied up and started along the bank . There was a light burning in a little shanty that hadn't been lived in for a long ...
Inhalt
Romanticism | 111 |
The Novel | 141 |
Diversity | 177 |
Urheberrecht | |
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