The Conscious Reader

by Shrodes, Caroline F; Shugrue, Michael F; DiPaolo, Marc F.; Matuschek, Christian

• ISBN13: 9780205616817
• ISBN10: 020561681X
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

This classic thematic anthology has long been hailed for its exceptionally rich collection of essays, personal writing, fiction and poetry, and for its ground-breaking inclusion of classic and contemporary images. Renowned for the quality and range of its selections,The Conscious Readerpresents over 150 readings representing a range of genres, a wide array of culturally diverse authors and fascinating topics, and a broad range of academic disciplines, including art, cultural studies, education, psychology, philosophy, politics, science, technology, and environmental studies. The works range from the classical-Plato'sCrito-to the contemporary- Jhumpa Lahiri and David Gelerntner-and from political figures like Colin Powell and Wesley Clark to generational icons like Melissa Etheridge, John Lennon, and Tupac Shakur. Brief, flexible apparatus includes an introduction to each theme and helpful headnotes, discussion questions, and writing assignments for each selection. Perhaps the most distinguishing feature ofThe Conscious Readeris its inclusion of a cutting-edge selection of images designed to provoke discussion and analysis.

Table of Contents

Art and Composition

On Being a Conscious Reader and an Intelligent Writer

(new section) Introduction

Notebook Stephen King, fromOn Writing Malcolm X, A Homemade Education

Flannery Orsquo;Connor

The Teaching of Literature

Personal Writing Virginia Woolf

The Angel in the House

Rainier Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

Essays

Patricia Kubis and Robert M. Howland

How to Develop a Good Style

Joseph Williams and Greg Colomb, Argument

Critical Thinking, and Rationality

Italo Calvino, if on a winterrsquo;s night a travelerhellip;

Harold Brodkey, Reading

The Most Dangerous Game Margaret Atwood

Fiction: Happy Endings

Fiction

Richard Russo, The Whorersquo;s Child

Poetry

Gregory Bilgere, Once Again I Fail to Read an Important Novel

Charles Bukowski, How to Be a Good Writer Cate Marvin

Ocean Is a Word in This Poem Walt Whitman, Poets to Come

The Search for Self and Personal Values Introduction

Notebook Henry David Thoreau

Why I Went into the Woods

Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

Personal Writing Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

Colin Powell, The Good Soldier

Arnie Kantrowitz, Under the Rainbow

Jhumpa Lahiri, My Hyphenated Identity Nancy Mairs

On Being a Cripple

Alfred Lubrano, Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams

Koren Zailckas, Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

Chris Hedges, Losing Moses on the Freeway: The Ten Commandments in America

Essay

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Fiction Sandra Cisneros, Hips

Poetry

John Lennon, Working Class Hero T. S. Eliot

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Dylan Thomas

The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower Denise Levertov

In Mind Anne Sexton, Her Kind Theodore Roethke

The Waking

Personal Relationships Introduction

Notebook Aryeh Lev Stollman

Die Grosse Liebe Ursula Melendi

All of Heaven for Love (student writing)

Personal Writing Judith Ortiz Cofer

Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood

Thomas Bierowski, The Red Power Ranger and the Fruit Bat

Brian Braiker, Just Donrsquo;t Call Me Mr Mom Essays.

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