Literature and the Writing Process 11th Edition

Literature and the Writing Process, Eleventh Edition by Elizabeth McMahan, Robert Funk, Susan X. Day, and Linda Coleman — Published by Pearson

Designed for courses in Literature for Composition, Writing About Literature, and Introduction to Literature, this text combines an introductory anthology with detailed writing process instruction. By seamlessly integrating literature and composition into one multi-purpose text, the authors allow students to first enjoy, understand, and learn from imaginative literature and then write clearly and intelligently about what they have learned.

Text writing assignments use literature as a tool of critical thought, a method for analysis, and a way of communicating ideas. Careful integration of rhetorical instruction with the critical study of literature guides students through the allied processes of analytical reading and argumentative writing. As a result, students learn how to write essays about the major features involved in interpreting short stories, poems, and plays. The Eleventh Edition provides a variety of literary examples across genres to create a thought-provoking anthology designed to inform and inspire students' own essays and literary critiques.

Elizabeth McMahan was professor emerita of English at Illinois State University, holding a Ph.D. in nineteenth-century literature from the University of Oregon, where she served as director of writing programs for seven years. Susan X. Day is a professor at the University of Houston with specialties in writing and pedagogy and is the author of more than a dozen college textbooks. Robert Funk taught at Eastern Illinois University, as did Linda S. Coleman. Together, this team of experienced writing educators created a text that has guided generations of students through the rewarding journey of reading literature and writing meaningfully about it.