Backpack Literature: Fourth Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia (Pearson, 2012, 978-0-205-15166-0, xxxvii+1193pp, tp, an)
Subtitled “An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing”, a massive anthology of stories and poems whose primary aim is “to introduce college students to the appreciation and experience of literature in its major forms”. The book contains lengthy articles and surrounding material (not indexed) to frame the pieces included.
- xxx · Preface · X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia · pr
- xxxvi · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg
- 1 · Fiction
- 2 · Talking with Amy Tan: “Life Is Larger Than We Think” · Dana Gioia · iv Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010 [Ref. Amy Tan]
- 5 · Chapter 1: Reading a Story
- 6 · The Appointment in Samarra · W. Somerset Maugham · ex from Sheppey, Heinemann, 1933
- 7 · The Fox and the Grapes · Aesop; translated by V. S. Vernon Jones · vi Aesop’s Fables by Aesop, tr. Vernon Jones, William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912
- 8 · The Camel and His Friends · Bidpai; translated by Arundhati Khanwalker · vi from The Panchatantra (r)
- 10 · Independence · Chuang Tzu; translated by Herbert Giles · vi Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer by Chuang Tzu, tr. Herbert Giles, Bernard Quaritch, 1889
- 12 · Godfather Death · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm; translated by Dana Gioia · ss Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the German.
- 18 · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961
- 28 · Chapter 2: Point of View
- 33 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 41 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 46 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978
- 48 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921
- 54 · Chapter 3: Character
- 56 · The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929
- 64 · Miss Brill · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Athenaeum November 26 1920
- 69 · Everyday Use · Alice Walker · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1973
- 77 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981
- 93 · Chapter 4: Setting
- 95 · The Storm · Kate Chopin · ss The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, Louisiana State University, 1969
- 100 · The Gospel According to Mark · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Andrew Hurley · ss Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, tr. Andrew Hurley, Viking, September 1998
translated from the Spanish (“El Evangelio según Marcos”, El informe de Brodie, 1970).
- 106 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902
- 119 · A Pair of Tickets · Amy Tan · ex from The Joy Luck Club, Putnam, 1989
- 138 · Chapter 5: Tone and Style
- 142 · A Clean, Well-Lighted Place · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1933
- 147 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939
- 164 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 10 1905, as “Gifts of the Magi”
- 168 · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour”
- 174 · Chapter 6: Theme
- 177 · Brownies · Z. Z. Packer · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1999
- 194 · The Open Boat · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Magazine June 1897
- 215 · The Parable of the Prodigal Son · [uncredited] · ss King James Version, Robert Barker, 1611
- 216 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961
- 225 · Chapter 7: Symbol
- 228 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937
- 237 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 252 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, October 1973
- 258 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
- 269 · Chapter 8: Stories for Further Reading
- 269 · Dead Men’s Path · Chinua Achebe · ss Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe, Pearson Education, 1972
- 272 · This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona · Sherman Alexie · ss Esquire June 1993
- 283 · The Judge’s Wife · Isabel Allende; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, tr. Margaret Sayers Peden, Antheneum, 1991
- 290 · Happy Endings · Margaret Atwood · ss The Humanist September/October 1987
- 293 · Greasy Lake · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The Paris Review #83, Spring 1982
- 302 · The House on Mango Street · Sandra Cisneros · ex Arte Publico Press, 1984
- 304 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 315 · Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 321 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka; translated by John Siscoe · ss Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the German (“Vor dem Gesetz”, Selbstwehr, September 7, 1915).
- 323 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966
- 337 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986
- 352 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
- 365 · A Worn Path · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1941
- 373 · Poetry
- 374 · Talking with Kay Ryan: “Language That Lasts” · Dana Gioia · iv Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010 [Ref. Kay Ryan]
- 376 · To the Muse · X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 377 · Chapter 9: Reading a Poem
- 379 · The Lake Isle of Innisfree · William Butler Yeats · pm The National Observer December 13 1890
- 382 · Those Winter Sundays · Robert Hayden · pm A Ballad of Remembrance by Robert Hayden, Heritage Series of Black Poetry, 1962
- 382 · Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers · Adrienne Rich · pm A Change of World by Adrienne Rich, Yale University Press, 1951
- 383 · Sir Patrick Spence · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 385 · “Out, Out—” · Robert Frost · pm McClure’s Magazine July 1916
- 387 · My Last Duchess · Robert Browning · pm Dramatic Lyrics by Robert Browning, Edward Moxon, 1842, as “Italy”
- 390 · Ask Me · William Stafford · pm The New Yorker July 7 1975
- 393 · Chapter 10: Listening to a Voice
- 393 · My Papa’s Waltz · Theodore Roethke · pm Harper’s Bazaar February 1942
- 395 · For a Lady I Know · Countee Cullen · pm Color by Countee Cullen, Harper & Brothers, 1925
- 395 · The Author to Her Book · Anne Bradstreet · pm Several Poems by Anne Bradstreet, John Foster, 1678
- 396 · To a Locomotive in Winter · Walt Whitman · pm Two Rivulets by Walt Whitman, self-published, 1876
- 397 · I Like to See It Lap the Miles · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891, as “The Railway Train”
- 398 · Speech to the Young. Speech to the Progress-Toward · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm Family Pictures by Gwendolyn Brooks, Third World Press, August 1970
- 399 · For My Daughter · Weldon Kees · pm The Kenyon Review Spring 1940
- 400 · White Lies · Natasha Trethewey · pm Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey, Graywolf Press, August 2000
- 401 · Luke Havergal · Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson, self-published, 1897
- 402 · Hawk Roosting · Ted Hughes · pm Lupercal by Ted Hughes, Faber & Faber, March 1960
- 403 · Dog Haiku · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 404 · Theme for English B · Langston Hughes · pm Montage of a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1951
- 405 · Her Kind · Anne Sexton · pm To Bedlam and Part Way Back by Anne Sexton, Houghton Mifflin, 1960
- 406 · The Red Wheelbarrow · William Carlos Williams · pm Spring and All by William Carlos Williams, Contact Publishing Co., 1923, as “XXII”
- 407 · Oh No · Robert Creeley · pm For Love: Poems 1950–1960 by Robert Creeley, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962
- 408 · The Unknown Citizen · W. H. Auden · pm The Listener August 3 1939
- 410 · Rite of Passage · Sharon Olds · pm The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984
- 410 · Second Fig · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Frank Shay, 1920
- 411 · The Workbox · Thomas Hardy · pm Satires of Circumstances by Thomas Hardy, Macmillan and Co., 1914
- 412 · Hate Poem · Julie Sheehan · pm The Best American Poetry 2005 ed. Paul Muldoon, Scribner, September 2005
- 413 · To Lucasta · Richard Lovelace · pm Lucasta by Richard Lovelace, 1649
- 414 · Dulce et Decorum Est · Wilfred Owen · pm Poems by Wilfred Owen, Chatto and Windus, 1920
- 418 · Chapter 11: Words
- 418 · This Is Just to Say · William Carlos Williams · pm Collected Poems, 1921-1931 by William Carlos Williams, The Objectivist Press, 1934
- 420 · Silence · Marianne Moore · pm The Dial October 1924
- 420 · Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God, for You · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 422 · Aftermath · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm Aftermath by H. W. Longfellow, James R. Osgood & Co., 1873
- 423 · Mockingbird · Kay Ryan · pm The Best of It by Kay Ryan, Grove Press, February 2010
- 424 · Friend, on This Scaffold Thomas More Lies Dead · J. V. Cunningham · pm The Exclusions of a Rhyme by J. V. Cunningham, Alan Swallow, 1960
- 425 · Grass · Carl Sandburg · pm Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1918
- 425 · Bread · Samuel Menashe · pm Chimera Books, 1981
- 427 · Upon Julia’s Clothes · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648
- 428 · The Ruined Maid · Thomas Hardy · pm Poems of the Past and Present by Thomas Hardy, Harper & Bros., 1901
- 429 · Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town · e. e. cummings · pm 50 Poems by e. e. cummings, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940
- 430 · Lonely Hearts · Wendy Cope · pm The Times Literary Supplement 1979
- 431 · Carnation Milk · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 431 · English con Salsa · Gina Valdés · pm Cool Salsa ed. Lori M. Carlson, Henry Holt, July 1994
- 432 · Jabberwocky · Lewis Carroll · pm from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, December 1871
- 437 · Chapter 12: Saying and Suggesting
- 438 · London · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794
- 440 · Disillusionment of Ten o’Clock · Wallace Stevens · pm Rogue March 15 1915
- 440 · The Bean Eaters · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm Poetry September 1959
- 441 · Fire and Ice · Robert Frost · pm Harper’s Magazine December 1920
- 441 · Coward · A. R. Ammons · pm The Really Short Poems of A.R. Ammons by A. R. Ammons, W.W. Norton & Company, 1992
- 442 · The Minefield · Diane Thiel · pm The Best American Poetry 1999 ed. Robert Bly, Scribner, September 1999
- 442 · Bilingual/Bilingüe · Rhina P. Espaillat · pm Where Horizons Go by Rhina P. Espaillat, New Odyssey Press, 1998
- 443 · Tears, Idle Tears · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm from “The Princess”, Edward Moxon, 1847
- 444 · Love Calls Us to the Things of This World · Richard Wilbur · pm Things of This World by Richard Wilbur, Harcourt, Brace, 1956
- 448 · Chapter 13: Imagery
- 448 · In a Station of the Metro · Ezra Pound · pm Poetry April 1913
- 448 · The Piercing Chill I Feel · Taniguchi Buson · pm An Introduction to Haiku ed. Harold G. Henderson, Anchor Books, 1958
translated from the Japanese.
- 449 · The Winter Evening Settles Down · T. S. Eliot · pm Prufrock and Other Observations by T. S. Eliot, The Egoist, 1917, as “Prelude”
- 450 · Root Cellar · Theodore Roethke · pm The Lost Son and Other Poems by Theodore Roethke, Doubleday, 1948
- 450 · The Fish · Elizabeth Bishop · pm North and South by Elizabeth Bishop, Houghton Mifflin, 1946
- 452 · A Route of Evanescence · Emily Dickinson · pm The Atlantic Monthly October 1891
- 453 · Pied Beauty · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Humphrey Milford, 1918
- 453 · Reapers · Jean Toomer · pm Cane by Jean Toomer, Boni & Liveright, 1923
- 454 · The Falling Flower · Arakida Moritake; translated by Babette Deutsch · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 455 · Heat-Lightning Streak · Matsuo Basho; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 455 · In the Old Stone Pool · Matsuo Basho; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 455 · On the One-Ton Temple Bell · Taniguchi Buson; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 455 · Moonrise on Mudflats · Taniguchi Buson; translated by Michael Sullivan · pm Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010
translated from the Japanese.
- 455 · Only One Guy · Kobayashi Issa; translated by Cid Corman · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 455 · Cricket · Kobayashi Issa; translated by Robert Bly · pm Ten Poems by Kobayashi Issa, tr. Robert Bly, self-published, 1969
translated from the Japanese.
- 456 · Rain Shower from Mountain · Suiko Matsushita; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 456 · Cosmos in Bloom · Suiko Matsushita; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 456 · Even the Croaking of Frogs · Hakuro Wada; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 456 · The War, This Year · Neiji Ozawa; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 456 · Making Jazz Swing In · Etheridge Knight · pm Poems from Prison by Etheridge Knight, Broadside Press, 1968
- 456 · Learning to Shave · Adelle Foley · pm Along the Bloodline by Adelle Foley, Pantograph Press, 2003
- 456 · After Weeks of Watching the Roof Leak · Gary Snyder · pm Wild Dog #17, 1964
- 456 · Hole in the Ozone · Garry Gay · pm Frogpond v33 #2, Spring/Summer 2010
- 457 · Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats by John Keats, Reeves & Turner, 1883
- 457 · El Hombre · William Carlos Williams · pm Al Que Quiere! by William Carlos Williams, The Four Seas Company, 1917
- 457 · Drinking Alone by Moonlight · Li Po; translated by Arthur Waley · pm More Translations from the Chinese ed. & tr. Arthur Waley, Allen & Unwin, 1919
translated from the Chinese.
- 458 · Embrace · Billy Collins · pm The Apple That Astonished Paris by Billy Collins, University of Arkansas Press, 1988
- 458 · Not Waving but Drowning · Stevie Smith · pm Not Waving but Drowning by Stevie Smith, Andre Deutsch, 1957
- 459 · Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter · Robert Bly · pm Silence in the Snowy Fields by Robert Bly, Wesleyan University Press, 1962
- 462 · Chapter 14: Figures of Speech
- 463 · The Eagle · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems (Seventh Edition) by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1851
- 463 · Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 18”
- 463 · Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? · Howard Moss · pm Minor Monuments by Howard Moss, The Ecco Press, 1986
- 466 · Flower in the Crannied Wall · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm The Holy Grail and Other Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Strahan and Co., 1869
- 466 · To See a World in a Grain of Sand · William Blake · pm from “Auguries of Innocence”, Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist, Macmillan and Co., 1863
- 467 · My Life Had Stood, a Loaded Gun · Emily Dickinson · pm The London Mercury February 1929
- 467 · Metaphors · Sylvia Plath · pm The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath, William Heinemann, October 1960
- 468 · The Heart · Jill Alexander Essbaum · pm Poetry December 2009
- 468 · Simile · N. Scott Momaday · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 468 · A Martian Sends a Postcard Home · Craig Raine · pm A Martian Sends a Postcard Home by Craig Raine, Oxford University Press, 1979
- 471 · The Wind · James Stephens · pm The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin by James Stephens, Macmillan, 1915, as “Stephen’s Green”
- 472 · You Fit Into Me · Margaret Atwood · pm Power Politics by Margaret Atwood, House of Anansi Press, 1971
- 473 · Epitaph · Timothy Steele · pm Counter/Measures #2, 1973
- 473 · Money · Dana Gioia · pm Gods of Winter by Dana Gioia, Graywolf Press, 1991
- 474 · Fog · Carl Sandburg · pm Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1916
- 474 · The Silken Tent · Robert Frost · pm The Virginia Quarterly Review Winter 1939
- 475 · Love and Friendship · Emily Brontë · pm Poems by Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell, Aylott and Jones, 1846, as by Ellis Bell
- 475 · Turtle · Kay Ryan · pm Flamingo Watching by Kay Ryan, Copper Beech Press, 1994
- 476 · Dim Lady · Harryette Mullen · pp Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen, University of California Press, 2002
- 476 · Ode on a Grecian Urn · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 481 · Chapter 15: Sound
- 483 · Who Goes with Fergus? · William Butler Yeats · pm from “The Countess Cathleen”, The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892
- 484 · A Slumber Did My Spirit Steal · William Wordsworth · pm Lyrical Ballads (Second Edition) by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1800
- 484 · When Maidens Are Young · Aphra Behn · pm from The Emperor of the Moon, Ralph Holt, 1687
- 485 · Eight o’Clock · A. E. Housman · pm A Last Poems by A. E. Housman, Grant Richards, 1922
- 486 · The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm from “The Princess (Third Edition)”, Edward Moxon, 1850
- 487 · Doo Wop · Kevin Young · pm Jelly Roll by Kevin Young, Knopf, 2003
- 489 · The Hippopotamus · Hilaire Belloc · pm Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc, Duckworth, 1939
- 490 · Leda and the Swan · William Butler Yeats · pm To-Morrow August 1924
- 491 · God’s Grandeur · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 492 · Desert Places · Robert Frost · pm The American Mercury April 1934
- 493 · In Memoriam John Coltrane · Michael Stillman · pm An Introduction to Poetry ed. X. J. Kennedy, Little, Brown & Co., 1966
- 496 · Chapter 16: Rhythm
- 500 · We Real Cool · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm Poetry September 1959
- 501 · Break, Break, Break · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1842
- 501 · Résumé · Dorothy Parker · pm New York World August 16 1925
- 506 · Counting-Out Rhyme · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm The Buck in the Snow & Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Harper & Brothers, September 1928
- 507 · When I Was One-and-Twenty · A. E. Housman · pm McClure’s Magazine May 1906
- 507 · Beat! Beat! Drums! · Walt Whitman · pm Harper’s Weekly September 28 1861
- 508 · Dream Boogie · Langston Hughes · pm Montage of a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1951
- 512 · Chapter 17: Closed Form
- 513 · This Living Hand, Now Warm and Capable · John Keats · pm The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats by John Keats, Houghton Mifflin, 1899
- 516 · Counting the Beats · Robert Graves · pm Good Housekeeping April 1950
- 517 · Song (“Go and catch a falling star”) · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 518 · Bonny Barbara Allan · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 520 · Ballad of Birmingham · Dudley Randall · pm Broadside Press, 1965
- 522 · Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 116”
- 522 · “What lips my lips have kissed, and when, and why…” · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Renascence 1917
- 523 · Acquainted with the Night · Robert Frost · pm The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1928
- 524 · Shakespearean Sonnet · R. S. Gwynn · pm The Drive-In by R. S. Gwynn, University of Missouri Press, April 1986
- 524 · Rites to Allay the Dead · Amit Majmudar · pm Verse Daily March 11 2010
- 525 · Of Treason · Sir John Harrington · pm Epigrams by Sir John Harrington, 1615
- 525 · Two Somewhat Different Epigrams · Langston Hughes · pm New Poems by American Poets ed. Rolfe Humphries, Ballantine, 1953
- 526 · Contemplation · John Frederick Nims · pm Of Flesh and Bones by John Frederick Nims, Rutgers University Press, 1967
- 526 · The Actress · Dorothy Parker · pm The New Yorker August 29 1925
- 526 · Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night · Dylan Thomas · pm Botteghe Oscure #8, 1951
- 527 · We Wear the Mask · Paul Laurence Dunbar · pm Majors and Minors by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Hadley & Hadley, 1895
- 528 · Sestina · Elizabeth Bishop · pm The New Yorker September 15 1956
- 533 · Chapter 18: Open Form
- 533 · Ancient Stairway · Denise Levertov · pm This Great Unknowing by Denise Levertov, New Directions, 1999
- 536 · Buffalo Bill’s · e. e. cummings · pm The Dial January 1920
- 537 · For the Anniversary of My Death · W. S. Merwin · pm The Lice by W. S. Merwin, Atheneum, 1967
- 537 · The Dance · William Carlos Williams · pm Wedge by William Carlos Williams, The Cummington Press, 1944
- 539 · The Wayfarer · Stephen Crane · pm War Is Kind and Other Lines by Stephen Crane, Frederick A. Stokes, May 1899
- 539 · Cavalry Crossing a Ford · Walt Whitman · pm Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman, Peter Eckler, October 1865
- 540 · Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird · Wallace Stevens · pm Others: An Anthology of the New Verse ed. Alfred Kreymborg, Alfred A. Knopf, October 1917
- 543 · The Magic Study of Happiness · Charles Simic · pp Dime-Store Alchemy by Charles Simic, The Ecco Press, 1992
- 544 · In Just— · e. e. cummings · pm The Dial May 1920
- 545 · I Shall Paint My Nails Red · Carole Satyamurti · pm Changing the Subject by Carole Satyamurti, Oxford University Press, September 1990
- 545 · I, Too · Langston Hughes · pm Survey Graphic March 1925
- 548 · Chapter 19: Symbol
- 549 · The Boston Evening Transcript · T. S. Eliot · pm Poetry October 1915
- 550 · The Lightning Is a Yellow Fork · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891
- 551 · Neutral Tones · Thomas Hardy · pm Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy, Harper, September 1898
- 552 · Facing It · Yusef Komunyakaa · pm Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa, Wesleyan University Press, September 1988
- 553 · The Parable of the Good Seed · [uncredited] · pm King James Version, Robert Barker, 1611
- 554 · Redemption · George Herbert · pm The Temple by George Herbert, Thom. Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633
- 555 · The Road Not Taken · Robert Frost · pm The Atlantic Monthly August 1915
- 556 · Up-Hill · Christina Rossetti · pm Macmillan’s Magazine February 1861
- 557 · Wild Geese · Mary Oliver · pm Dream Work by Mary Oliver, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986
- 557 · Popcorn-Can Cover · Lorine Niedecker · pm Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. 1965
- 558 · Anecdote of the Jar · Wallace Stevens · pm Poetry October 1919
- 561 · Chapter 20: Myth and Narrative
- 562 · Nothing Gold Can Stay · Robert Frost · pm The Yale Review October 1923
- 563 · The World Is Too Much with Us · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807
- 563 · Helen · H. D. (by Hilda Doolittle) · pm The Nation and Athenaeum January 27 1923
- 565 · Medusa · Louise Bogan · pm The New Republic 1921
- 566 · First Love: A Quiz · A. E. Stallings · pm Hapax by A. E. Stallings, Northwestern University Press, March 2006
- 567 · The Second Coming · William Butler Yeats · pm The Dial November 1920
- 568 · Lady Lazarus · Sylvia Plath · pm Ariel by Sylvia Plath, Faber and Faber, 1965
- 572 · Cinderella · Anne Sexton · pm Transformations by Anne Sexton, Houghton Mifflin, 1971
- 577 · Chapter 21: What Is Poetry?
- 577 · Ars Poetica · Archibald MacLeish · pm Poetry June 1926
- 580 · Chapter 22: Poems for Further Reading
- 580 · Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tortilla · Aaron Abeyta · pm Colcha by Aaron A. Abeyta, University Press of Colorado, April 2001
- 582 · First Poem for You · Kim Addonizio · pp The Philosopher’s Club by Kim Addonizio, BOA Editions, 1993
- 582 · The Powwow at the End of the World · Sherman Alexie · pm The Summer of Black Widows by Sherman Alexie, Hanging Loose Press, 1996
- 583 · Dover Beach · Matthew Arnold · pm New Poems by Matthew Arnold, 1867
- 584 · Siren Song · Margaret Atwood · pm Selected Poems, 1965-1975 by Margaret Atwood, Houghton Mifflin, 1976
- 585 · September 1, 1939 · W. H. Auden · pm The New Republic October 18 1939
- 588 · Musée des Beaux Arts · W. H. Auden · pm New Writing Spring 1939, as “Palais des beaux arts”
- 589 · One Art · Elizabeth Bishop · pm The New Yorker April 26 1976
- 590 · The Tyger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794
- 591 · The Mother · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm A Street in Bronzeville by Gwendolyn Brooks, Harper & Brothers, 1945
- 592 · How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways · Elizabeth Barrett Browning · pm Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chapman & Hall, 1850, as “Sonnet (“How do I love thee?…”)”
- 592 · Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister · Robert Browning · pm Dramatic Lyrics by Robert Browning, Edward Moxon, 1842, as “Cloister (Spanish)”
- 594 · Dostoevsky · Charles Bukowski · pm Bone Palace Ballet by Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press, April 1997
- 595 · Quinceañera · Judith Ortiz Cofer · pm Terms of Survival by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Arte Público Press, 1987
- 596 · Kubla Khan · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816
- 598 · Care and Feeding · Billy Collins · pm Five Points Spring 2003
- 598 · Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond · e. e. cummings · pm ViVa by e. e. cummings, Boni & Liveright, 1931
- 599 · Wild Nights—Wild Nights! · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891
- 600 · I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 600 · Because I Could Not Stop for Death · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 601 · Death Be Not Proud · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633, as “Sonnet X”
- 601 · The Flea · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 602 · Daystar · Rita Dove · pm Thomas and Beulah by Rita Dove, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1986
- 603 · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · T. S. Eliot · pm Poetry June 1915
- 607 · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening · Robert Frost · pm New Hampshire by Robert Frost, Henry Holt, October 1923
- 608 · Mending Wall · Robert Frost · pm North of Boston by Robert Frost, David Nutt, 1914
- 609 · Birches · Robert Frost · pm The Atlantic Monthly August 1915
- 611 · A Supermarket in California · Allen Ginsberg · pm Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, City Lights Books, 1956
- 612 · Hap · Thomas Hardy · pm Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy, Harper, September 1898
- 612 · Digging · Seamus Heaney · pm Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber, 1966
- 613 · Easter Wings · George Herbert · pm The Temple by George Herbert, Thom. Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633
- 614 · To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648
- 614 · Spring and Fall · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 615 · The Windhover · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 615 · Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now · A. E. Housman · pm A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, A.E. Housman, 1896
- 616 · To an Athlete Dying Young · A. E. Housman · pm A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, A.E. Housman, 1896
- 617 · The Negro Speaks of Rivers · Langston Hughes · pm The Crisis June 1921
- 617 · Harlem · Langston Hughes · pm Montage of a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1951
- 618 · The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner · Randall Jarrell · pm Little Friend, Little Friend by Randall Jarrell, Dial Press, 1945
- 618 · Rock and Hawk · Robinson Jeffers · pm Solstice and Other Poems by Robinson Jeffers, Random House, 1935
- 619 · Missed Time · Ha Jin · pm Poetry July 2000
- 619 · On My First Son · Ben Jonson · pm The Workes of Beniamin Ionson by Ben Jonson, William Stansby, 1616
- 620 · Men at Forty · Donald Justice · pm Poetry May 1966
- 620 · Ode to a Nightingale · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 623 · To Autumn · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 624 · Poetry of Departures · Philip Larkin · pm The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin, The Marvell Press, 1955
- 625 · Piano · D. H. Lawrence · pm Love Poems and Others by D. H. Lawrence, Duckworth and Co., February 1913
- 625 · Learning to Love America · Shirley Geok-lin Lim · pm What the Fortune Teller Didn’t Say by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, West End Press, 1998
- 626 · To His Coy Mistress · Andrew Marvell · pm Miscellaneous poems by Andrew Marvell, Esq. by Andrew Marvell, Robert Boulter, 1681
- 627 · Recuerdo · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Poetry May 1919
- 628 · When I Consider How My Light Is Spent · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton, 2nd edn. by John Milton, Thomas Dring, 1673
- 628 · The One Girl at the Boys’ Party · Sharon Olds · pm The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984
- 629 · Anthem for Doomed Youth · Wilfred Owen · pm Poems by Wilfred Owen, Chatto and Windus, 1920
- 630 · Daddy · Sylvia Plath · pm Ariel by Sylvia Plath, Faber and Faber, 1965
- 633 · Annabel Lee · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tribune October 9 1849
- 634 · The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter · Ezra Pound · pm Cathay by Ezra Pound, Elkin Mathews, 1915
loosely translated from a poem by the Chinese poet Li Bai, called “Chánggān Xíng”.
- 635 · Naming of Parts · Henry Reed · pm The New Statesman and Nation August 1942
- 636 · Miniver Cheevy · Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm Scribner’s Magazine March 1907
- 637 · Nor Marble nor the Gilded Monuments · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 55”
- 637 · My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 130”
- 638 · Ozymandias · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm The Examiner January 11 1818
- 638 · The Emperor of Ice-Cream · Wallace Stevens · pm Harmonium by Wallace Stevens, Knopf, 1923
- 639 · Ulysses · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1842
- 641 · Fern Hill · Dylan Thomas · pm Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1945
- 642 · Ex-Basketball Player · John Updike · pm The New Yorker July 6 1957
- 643 · Sea Grapes · Derek Walcott · pm Sea Grapes by Derek Walcott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976
- 644 · I Hear America Singing · Walt Whitman · pm Leaves of Grass (Third Edition) by Walt Whitman, self-published, 1860
- 645 · O Captain! My Captain! · Walt Whitman · pm Sequel to Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman, Washington, 1865
- 646 · The Writer · Richard Wilbur · pm The Mind-Reader by Richard Wilbur, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976
- 647 · Spring and All · William Carlos Williams · pm Spring and All by William Carlos Williams, Contact Publishing Co., 1923, as “I”
- 648 · Queen-Anne’s-Lace · William Carlos Williams · pm Sour Grapes by William Carlos Williams, The Four Seas Company, 1921
- 648 · Composed Upon Westminster Bridge · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807
- 649 · Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio · James Wright · pm The Branch Will Not Break by James Wright, Wesleyan University Press, 1963
- 649 · In This Strange Labyrinth · Mary Sidney Wroth · pm from The Countess of Montgomery’s Urania, John Marriott & John Grismand, 1621
- 650 · Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop · William Butler Yeats · pm Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems by W. B. Yeats, The Cuala Press, 1932
- 650 · Sailing to Byzantium · William Butler Yeats · pm The Tower by W. B. Yeats, Macmillan and Co., 1928
- 651 · When You Are Old · William Butler Yeats · pm The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892
- 653 · Drama
- 654 · Talking with David Ives: “Comedy Is Just Tragedy Without the Sentimentality” · Dana Gioia · iv Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010 [Ref. David Ives]
- 657 · Chapter 23: Reading a Play
- 659 · Trifles · Susan Glaspell · pl Players Press, 1916
- 679 · Chapter 24: Modes of Drama: Tragedy and Comedy
- 682 · Doctor Faustus · Christopher Marlowe; edited by Sylvan Barnet · ex from The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Thomas Bushnell, 1604
- 691 · Sure Thing · David Ives · pl All in the Timing by David Ives, Dramatists Play Service, 1994
- 704 · Chapter 25: The Theater of Sophocles
- 711 · Oedipus the King · Sophocles; translated by Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald · pl The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles, tr. Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1949
- 756 · Chapter 26: The Theater of Shakespeare
- 762 · Othello, the Moor of Venice · William Shakespeare · pl Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 879 · Chapter 27: The Modern Theater
- 880 · A Doll’s House · Henrik Ibsen; edited by Viktoria Michelsen; translated by R. Farquharson Sharp · pl J.M. Dent, 1910
translated from the Norwegian (“Et Dukkehjem”, 1879).
- 941 · El Santo Americano · Edward Bok Lee · pl Ten-Minute Plays from the Guthrie Theater: Volume 1, Playscripts, Inc., 2003
- 947 · Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 · Anna Deavere Smith · ex Anchor Press, March 1994
- 961 · Chapter 28: Plays for Further Reading
- 961 · Beauty · Jane Martin · pl Talking With by Jane Martin, Samuel French, Inc., 1982
- 966 · Andre’s Mother · Terrence McNally · pl André’s Mother and Other Short Plays by Terrence McNally, Dramatists Play Service, 1995
- 969 · The Glass Menagerie · Tennessee Williams · pl Random House, 1945
- 1022 · Fences · August Wilson · pl Plume, June 1986
- 1081 · Writing
- 1083 · Chapter 29: Writing About Literature
- 1084 · Nothing Gold Can Stay · Robert Frost · pm The Yale Review October 1923
- 1137 · Chapter 30: Writing a Research Paper
- 1163 · Credits · [uncredited] · ms
- 1173 · Index of Major Themes · [uncredited] · ix
- 1179 · Index of Authors and Titles · [uncredited] · ix
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