Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay

by Robert DiYanni

This is a book

Genres: Reference, Poetry, Fiction

1746 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 1990

About the author

Robert DiYanni is an adjunct professor of humanities and an instructional consultant at the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at New York University. In these capacities he teaches courses on critical thinking, interdisciplinary humanities, commerce and culture, and business and its publics, and conducts workshops and consultations with faculty throughout the university on aspects of pedagogical practice. Before coming to NYU, Dr. DiYanni taught at Queens College and Pace University and as a visiting professor at Harvard. He also served, for ten years, as Director of International Services at The College Board.

Reviews

[penny shima glanz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this from a discount bin in Borders sometime around 1992 but before 1996. I thought myself all grown up and special for owning it, even if I haven't yet read through all the pages. It continues to grace my shelf as each time I take it down, dust it off, and open it, I am surprised to find items I need or want to read and might otherwise not have access to otherwise. I'm sure that those who are "real" English/literature people may scoff at it, but for me to be able to open it and flip the thin pages and find readings that cross all my eclectic desires I think it has more than paid for itself over the past 15 (or more) years. The most recent gifts it has given me are Joan Didion's Los Angeles Notebook essay to fill my itch for essays, and Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, a piece I need to read for a Women's Studies course I am taking. It seems a magic book, each opening reveals something new for me.

[Bernard · Rating 5 out of 5]

We used this book in my English IV AP class my senior year at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Professor Mitch Billings blended his own literary journey and experiences with the books stories and other content to make a memorable year of literature study. The book itself is a comprehensive survey of many culturally significant works every student should read to have under their thinking caps for a lifetime of making connections.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for teaching literature - bang for the buck! Well-organized and not pedantic at all. I have used this book for years and it has held up to repeated use in the classroom. I am still using the same edition and I can't begin to tell anyone how many times we have used this and it is still holding up -- a teacher's dream for getting a great deal for the money.

[Ten · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my textbook in college, the absolute best anthology I've ever come across - especially the poetry section. Twelve years on, I still often pick it out of the shelf and read random things from it. It's one of my most treasured books.

[Jeff Noble]

Literature: Reading fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay by Robert DiYanni (?)

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for my literature class, a lot of short story re-reads from high school, I enjoyed them much more the second time around.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can you give less of a rating to a collection with Hawthorne, Tolstoy, Kipling, and Hemmingway? Loved it.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read during my Introduction to Literature course. Will come in use for my future literature courses.