Literature, the Human Experience by University Richard Abcarian

Literature, the Human Experience by University Richard Abcarian

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Literature, the Human Experience by University Richard Abcarian

Offering new opportunities to think and write critically about literature, this classic anthology continues to provide a rich selection of stories, poems, plays, and essays in a flexible arrangement that invites students to explore the essential themes of humanity.

Richard Abcarian (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is a professor of English emeritus at California State University, Northridge, where he taught for thirty-seven years. During his teaching career, he won two Fulbright professorships. In addition to editing Literature: The Human Experience and its compact edition, he is the editor of a critical edition of Richard Wright's A Native Son, as well as several other literature textbooks.

Marvin Klotz (PhD, New York University) was a professor of English emeritus at California State University, Northridge, where he taught for thirty-three years and won Northridge's distinguished teaching award in 1983. He was also the winner of two Fulbright professorships (in Vietnam and Iran) and was a National Endowment for the Arts Summer Fellow twice. In addition to editing Literature: The Human Experience and several other textbooks, he coauthored a guide and index to the characters in Faulkner's fiction.

Samuel Cohen (PhD, City University of New York) is Associate Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Missouri. He is the author of After the End of History: American Fiction in the 1990s (University of Iowa Press, 2009), coeditor (with Lee Konstantinou) of The Legacy of David Foster Wallace (University of Iowa Press, 2012), Series Editor of The New American Canon: The Iowa Series in Contemporary Literature and Culture, and coeditor of JMMLA. He has also been published in such journals as Novel, Clio, Twentieth-Century Literature, The Journal of Basic Writing, and Dialogue: A Journal for Writing Specialists. For Bedford/St. Martin's, he is author of 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology and coauthor of Literature: The Human Experience.

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ISBN 13 9780312002855
ISBN 10 0312002858
Title Literature, the Human Experience
Author University Richard Abcarian
Condition Unavailable
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Year published 1988-01-01
Number of pages 908
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.