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The concise version of the discipline's most popular introductory anthology, Kennedy/Gioia's Literature, Compact Edition continues to inspire students with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays. Poets in their own right, editors X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human perspective to this compact, paperback anthology. Organized into three genres-Literature, Compact Edition, presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by apt works, supported by useful writing tips, and followed by (now) sis full chapters devoted to writing. A broad scope of traditional and contemporary works is provided, most headed by author images and richly detailed biographical notes and some followed by author commentary. While maintaining the characteristics of its previous editions-accessible apparatus, expansive author representation- this Compact, Fifth Edition has been re-imagined to include new casebooks, a lively new design, and more writing coverage than ever before. ... Read more

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Chapters: Percy Barnevik, Bill Walton, Dana Gioia, Seth Godin, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, David Lempert, Jim Jorgensen, John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, Steve Poizner, Stephen Adams, Steve Westly, Oliver E. Williamson, Bradford Stroh, Jeffrey Skoll, Susan Athey, Ahn Cheol-Soo, Scott Mcnealy, Wally Walker, Bill Browder, Vinod Khosla, Charles W. Robinson, Gary Kremen, Robert Cohn, Omid Kordestani, Brad Butler, Matthew le Merle, David Pitt-Watson, Jack Bergstrand, David Korten, Tom Peters, Richard Rainwater, Tom Hayhoe, Greg Waldorf, Jean-Louis Gergorin, Howard Davies, Frank Quattrone, Jean-Claude Larréché, Henry Mckinnell, Lane Macdonald, Peter Robinson, Richard Kovacevich, Heidi Roizen, Michael L. Dominguez, Joe Tye, Charles R. Schwab, Michael Easson, Jonathan Reckford, Edward Gaylord, Mehrdad Nikoonahad, Victoria Chang, Reuben Jeffery Iii, Kate Paye, Don B. Ardell, Arjun Gupta, Alex Michel, Howard H. Leach, Richard Smith, James Coulter, Franklin Otis Booth, Jr., Carlos Brito, Darren Spedale, Tony Davis, Callum Mccarthy, Michael Zielenziger, Stephen Bechtel, Jr., John Donahoe, Ellen Siminoff, Steven C. Wheelwright, Rajeev Srinivasan, Roelof Botha, Alex Vieux, Frederick L. A. Grauer, Ivan Png Paak Liang, Lorenzo Zambrano, Tom Mendoza, Vincent Bastien, Robert L. Joss, Bob Kagle, Mark Rubinstein, Fahd Al Rasheed, Robert J. Fisher, Bengt R. Holmström, Thomas Smith, Charles Brewer, Sid Bass, Sterling Brinkley, Henry Chesbrough, Efe Cakarel, Elizabeth Marincola, Wycliffe Grousbeck, Thomas L. Phillips, Jr., Victor Nacif, Adam Fawer, Deryck Maughan, Marcos Galperin, Charles F. Shaw, Claudius E. Watts Iii, Gary A. Grappo, Frances K. Conley, Alejandro Páez Aragón, Michel Bon, Donald D. Belcher, Gina Bianchini, Richard Galanti, Claude D'aspremont Lynden, Jj Ramberg. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 369. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=345095 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jane Alexander, Dana Gioia, Rocco Landesman, John Frohnmayer, Michael P. Hammond, Nea Jazz Masters, Michael C. Fitzgerald, Nancy Hanks, Bill Ivey, Nea Four, Livingston L. Biddle, Jr., Frank Hodsoll. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 58. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American actress, author, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. Although perhaps best known for playing the female lead in The Great White Hope on both stage and screen, Alexander has played a wide array of roles in both theater and film, and has committed herself to a variety of charitable causes. Alexander was born Jane Quigley in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Ruth Elizabeth (née Pearson), a nurse, and Thomas B. Quigley, an orthopedic surgeon. She graduated from Beaver Country Day School, an all-girls' school in Chestnut Hill outside of Boston, where she discovered her love of acting. Encouraged by her father to go to college before embarking on an acting career, Alexander attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where she concentrated on theater but also studied mathematics with an eye toward computer programming, in the event that she failed as an actress. Alexander spent her junior year studying at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where she participated in the Edinburgh University Dramatic Society. The experience, together with apparently good reviews of her performances, solidified her determination to continue acting. Alexander's major break in acting came in 1967 when she played Eleanor Backman in the original production of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Like her co-star, James Earl Jones, she went on to play the part both on Broadway (1968), winning a Tony Award fo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=217809 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Christianity and Literature, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2006. The length of the article is 9353 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "If any fire endures beyond its flame": an interview with Dana Gioia.(SPECIAL FEATURE)(chairman of National Endowment for the Arts )(Interview)
Author: Robert Lance Snyder
Publication: Christianity and Literature (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 56Issue: 1Page: 87(25)

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The ground-breaking new format of the Portable Edition features all the content of Kennedy/Gioia's hardcover, Literature, divided into four lightweight, paperback volumes, enabling students to carry the book to class. As in past editions, Literature, Portable Edition continues to bring personal warmth and human perspective to the discussion of literature ...but in a multi-volume, paperback format that makes bringing the text to class a much less "weighty" proposition. ... Read more

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A user-friendly introduction to the language of literary study, The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms is an easy-to-use reference manual that aims to demystify literature and the techniques literary scholars use. It is a great asset to those readers who would like a smart companion to accompany their reading of literature.

With an accessible writing style, this comprehensive guide features more than 400 entries, covering a wide array of literary terms and concepts with concise definitions and pronunciation guides. Features include clear definitions that motivate an engagement with literary theory, along with contemporary and culturally diverse literary examples that illustrate the concepts. All of the major schools of literary theory are presented to give readers thorough background in the critical approaches. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on June 22, 1997. The length of the article is 4206 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Berg. (Berg Collection of the New York Public Library)
Author: Dana Gioia
Publication: American Scholar (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1997
Publisher: Phi Beta Kappa Society
Volume: v66Issue: n3Page: p431(6)

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