Books like Literature. The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Twelfth Edition by Richard Abcarian

A collection of short stories by Kate Chopin, spanning Louisiana life and themes of self-discovery and freedom in American literature.

The Fourth Edition of Literature: The Human Experience offers a rich collec- tion of fiction, poetry, and drama. Its 33 short stories, 4 novellas, 190 poems, and 13 plays are arranged in four thematic sections and, within each section, by genre, chronologically. Selections range from the classics of antiquity and the Renaissance to works published during the past five years, and they represent a careful balance of American, British, and non-English- language authors. Among the new features in the Fourth Edition: • expanded drama sections, offering 5 new plays, by Molière, August Strindberg, Sean O'Casey, Arthur Miller, and Arthur Kopit • 8 new works of fiction, including stories by Grace Paley, Ursula Le Guin, Arna Bontemps, Alice Walker, Alice Munro, and Bobbie Ann Mason • 18 new poems, including selections by Anne Sexton, Muriel Rukeyser, Denise Levertov, David Kirby, Carolyn Forché, Kathleen Cushman, and Mary Gordon • increased opportunities throughout the anthology for students to write about literature --back cover

An insightful exploration of the role of reading in higher education, addressing problems, exercises, and remedial teaching while examining freedom, self-fulfilment, and the meaning of love.

A curated anthology for students, 'Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing—Shorter Ninth Edition' gathers iconic short stories, poems, and plays from classic and contemporary writers to illuminate themes of identity, culture, and the human condition.