Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature Reading Thinking and Writing

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Summary: Wretched.
Review: One of the worst anthologies of literature I have ever read. You know a literature book does not deserve to be taught in an English class when it includes manuscripts from television's Seinfeld.

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Summary: Excellent for teaching college freshmen Introduction to Lit.
Review: The fact that it contains television scripts makes it work for college students who are not as familiar with "reading" as they are "watching." The introduction of television scripts as a form of literature that belongs to the genre of "Theater/Drama" helps the students make the trip from television to other forms of "Theater" and then into works of fiction and poetry and, finally, into the world of "classic" literature. There is room for all tastes in Literature - as with art, the value of a text lies, finally, with its audience.