About the Book
For courses in Introduction to Literature, LIterature for Composition, or Argument.
Connects with ideas in written text to enrich students' reading and writing Together, literature and argument are inspiring and empowering; literature liberates thinking, and argument disciplines it.
Revel Reading Literature and Writing Argument proposes that writing is valued when it makes readers think. Organized into two parts as Rhetoric and Anthology, it provides multi-genre reading experiences that immerse students in critical and creative thinking as they address problems and issues from multiple perspectives.
The authors encourage students to see language as a way to create meaning in their lives, and to see themselves as writers with a purpose and audience. By engaging with literature and applying the principles of argument, students practice the skills of analysis and evaluation and develop critical standards for judging ideas. The
7th Edition is extensively revised, with abundant new reading selections, new activities, student writing samples, and more.
Revel(TM) is Pearson's newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience - for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.
NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.
About the Author:
Missy James was Professor of English at Tallahassee Community College, in Florida, for more than twenty-five years. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Vanderbilt University and master's degree in English from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her primary teaching interests were British literature, American literature, and college composition, including writing about literature and writing argument and persuasion. From 2000 to 2007, Missy served as English Program Chair. During her tenure as chair, the first-semester college composition course was redesigned with a focus on the implementation of instructional technology to improve course delivery and student success rates. From 2003 to 2007, Missy served as faculty leader of the campuswide critical thinking initiative. She was awarded a NISOD Teaching Excellence Award in 2011.
Alan Merickel taught composition and literature courses at community colleges in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida for 30 years. After earning a master's degree at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, he was hired by a nearby community college where he discovered he greatly admired the mission of community colleges. He served as department chair of the English Department at Tallahassee Community College, in Florida, and authored articles on composition instruction that appeared in several community college journals. He and Missy James co-authored the first edition of
Reading Literature and Writing Argument in 2000. He has also written a children's book,
I M Natalie Who R U. Now retired, he currently lives six months in California and six months in France.
Jenny McHenry is a professor of English at Tallahassee Community College, in Florida. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Florida State University and master's degree in English from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Her focus in instruction is composition and literature, including multicultural mythology and British literature, with an emphasis on the poetry written in relation to World War I. She has been serving as the course coordinator for Writing about Literature since 2008. She divides her time between Tallahassee, Florida, and Ypres, Belgium.
