Publisher's Synopsis
Literature and Ourselves, Fourth Edition, is a thematically organized anthology that treats literature as a continually expanding commentary on our infinitely varied lives, helping students make the connection between literature and their own unique life stories.
Each of the six themes-Family, Men and Women, Grief and Loss, Freedom and Responsibility, Imagination and Discovery, and Quest-progresses outward from the self to larger issues. Within each theme, Literature and Ourselves provides a unique combination of traditional and contemporary works organized by genre-essays, fiction, poetry, and drama-that reflects the diverse cultures and ethnicities that make up our world today.
