Janet E. Gardner - Literature: A Portable Anthology

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Title: Literature

Author: Janet E. Gardner, Beverly Lawn, Jack Ridl, Peter Schakel, Joanne Diaz

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Missing something? Your instructor may assign LaunchPad Solo for Literature , the online materials that accompany this text. For access, visit macmillanlearning.com/launchpadsolo/literature/catalog

Inside LaunchPad Solo for Literature

Interactive Modules

Respond to a Reading

Draw Connections

Collaborate on a Reading

Listen to a Reading

Interactive Modules are based on twenty selections, including:

• Gwendolyn Brooks , We Real Cool
• Ernest Hemingway , Hills Like White Elephants
• Oscar Wilde , The Importance of Being Earnest

Exercises on the Elements of Literature

LitGloss: A Glossary of Literary Terms

Quizzes (nearly 500 to choose from)

Author Videos, including:

• T. C. Boyle , On Comedy in Fiction
• Frank McCourt , On Voice and Storytelling
• Jane Smiley , On Character and Point of View in Fiction

Additional Selections (over 200 to choose from)

Fourth Edition

Edited by

JANET E. GARDNER

BEVERLY LAWN

Emerita, Adelphi University

JACK RIDL

Hope College

PETER SCHAKEL

Hope College

with the assistance of

JOANNE DIAZ

Illinois Wesleyan University

For Bedford/St. Martins

Vice President, Editorial, Macmillan Learning Humanities: Edwin Hill

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