An Introduction to literature

Pt. 1. Reading the short story, by H. Barrows

pt. 2. The nature of drama, by H. Heffner

pt. 3. How does a poem mean? By J. Ciardi

pt. 4. The character of prose, by W. Douglas. Volume 1

Nikolai Gogol / The overcoat

Edgar Allen Poe / Ligeia

Edgar Allen Poe / The fall of the house of usher

Nathaniel Hawthorne / Ethan Brand

Guy de Maupassant / Two friends

Guy de Maupassant / On horseback

Henry James / Four meetings

Anton Chekhov / The beauties

Anton Chekhov / In the Ravine

Stephen Crane / The little regiment

James Joyce / A painful case

D. H. Lawrence / Wintry Peacock

Ring Lardner / Anniversary

Ernest Hemingway / The capital of the world

F. Scott Fitzgerald / The freshest boy

Frank O'Connor / First Confession

Walter Van Tilburg Clark / The Indian well

Paul Bowles / The circular valley

Shirley Ann Grau / Joshua

Flannery O'Connor / The displaced person. Volume 2

Henrik Ibsen / The wild duck

Oscar Wilde / The importance of being earnest

George Bernard Shaw / Candida

Anton Chekhov / The cherry orchard

Luigi Pirandello / Six characters in search of an author

Sean O'Casey / Juno and the paycock. Volume 3

How does a poem mean?

Folk ballads

Literary ballads

Poems for study

The language of poetry

The image of the poem

Metaphor and statement

Single and multiple imagery

Index of authors and titles. Volume 4

On writing

Reminiscence: Some writers and their ways

Autobiography

Informational essays

Critical essays

Argument: Newspapers and the fourth estate

Levels of style: Sad stories