Publisher's Synopsis
"This book will help you read, understand, and write about great literature. Wherever you are in your reading life, The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature will challenge and empower you to do more with your critical thinking and writing. As you read the wide variety of stories, poems, and plays in this book, confront and engage with the big questions and themes these works explore-on your own, in class, and in your coursework. Examine the literary elements at work. You'll find that your writing will improve and grow-and you'll carry those skills with you in your other classes and beyond"--.
