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Classics in the Classroom - Using Great Literature to Teach Writing (Paperback): Christopher Edgar, Ron Padgett

Classics in the Classroom - Using Great Literature to Teach Writing (Paperback)

Christopher Edgar, Ron Padgett

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Classics in the Classroom presents practical ways to use great literature to inspire imaginative writing by young people and others. The great literature discussed in this volume includes myths, epics, lyric poems, plays, stories, and novels, from ancient Sumeria, Greece, Rome, and Persia, and from Europe, Japan, Africa, and the United States. Authors presented include Homer, Sappho, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, Rumi, Shakespeare, Basho, Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, Kleist, Twain, and Hesse. Also discussed are works such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Bible, and Beowulf. The 19 informal essays in this book offer useful ideas and approaches taken directly from the contributors' own teaching experience.

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Imprint:	Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	September 2000
Editors:	Christopher Edgar • Ron Padgett
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-915924-58-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > General Promotions
LSN:	0-915924-58-7
Barcode:	9780915924585