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""The Bedford Introduction to Literature ""is a best-seller for a reason: It brings literature to life for students -- helping to make them lifelong readers and better writers. Classic works drawn from many periods and cultures exist alongside a hefty representation of today's authors, including women, writers of color, and voices that reflect the quirkiness and humor of modern life. There is plenty of support for students, with a dozen chapters of critical reading and writing support, helpful sample close readings, writing assignments, and student papers. And, because everyone teaches and learns a little differently, there are lots of options for working with the literature, including in-depth chapters on major authors and case studies on individual works and themes that everyone can relate to.

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Michael Meyer (Ph.D., University of Connecticut) has taught writing and literature courses for more than 30 years -- since 1981 at the University of Connecticut and before that at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the College of William and Mary. His scholarly articles have appeared in distinguished journals such as ""American Literature,"" ""Studies in the American Renaissance,"" and ""Virginia Quarterly Review."" An internationally recognized authority on Henry David Thoreau, Meyer is a former president of the Thoreau Society and coauthor (with Walter Harding) of ""The New Thoreau Handbook,"" a standard reference source. His other books for Bedford/St. Martin's include ""Poetry: An Introduction"" (2010), ""The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature ""(2009); and ""Thinking and Writing about Literature"" (2001).

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