Literature Reading Reacting Writing Compact Sixth Edition Author:Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell This compact edition retains all the features that have made the full edition so successful in a smaller, affordable volume: The first compact three-genre introduction to literature text to address the changing canon is now the first to include a guide for writing about literature?with handbook coverage of critical thinking, argument, and the wr... more »iting process. Combining the broadest selection of literature available with time-proven and class-tested instruction, the sixth edition remains the most responsive introduction to literature text available.« less