If You Teach It, They Will Read Literature's

To teach literature is to discuss the eternal questions that human beings have juggled in all ages and in all places. This book helps to present those discussions in terms that resonate with today's students.

With degrees in English literature from Fordham University and the University of Oxford, John V. MacLean has been a mill hand, merchant seaman, church sacristan, and assistant district attorney, all of which has helped him teach high school English for twenty-eight years.

Introduction: Why Read Good Books?	p. vii
The Search for Identity: Cyrano de Bergerac and A Lesson before Dying	p. 1
Rite of Passage: The Odyssey, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Heart of Darkness	p. 9
The Quest: Arthurian Legends, Siddhartha, and Song of Solomon	p. 25
I Want a Hero: The Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, and Hamlet	p. 37
The Anti-Hero: Native Son and The Stranger	p. 47
Literary Devices	p. 55
A Woman's Place: Medea and A Doll's House	p. 65
The Little Things that Matter: Emma and Pride and Prejudice	p. 75
Dealing with Loss: ôThe Wanderer,ö the Hemingway Hero, and The Tempest	p. 85
The Need to Dream: Of Mice and Men, The Glass Menagerie, and The Great Gatsby	p. 91
The Weight of the Past: Oedipus and The Piano Lesson	p. 101
Private Morality and Second Chances: The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, and The Kite Runner	p. 107
Throwing the Good Away: Macbeth, Fences, and Death of a Salesman	p. 121
Love, Actually: Twelfth Night, Othello, and Wuthering Heights	p. 127
Some Great Deed: The Iliad	p. 137
Final Thoughts	p. 145
About the Author	p. 149
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If You Teach It, They Will Read Literature's Life Lessons for Today's Students

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