Approaches to Teaching Thoreau’s Walden and Other Works

Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 10591133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, student teachers, education specialists, and teachers in all humanities disciplines will find these volumes particularly helpful.

Summary

Today's students are as likely to encounter Thoreau in freshman composition classes as they are in upper-level environmental literature seminars. "The challenge of teaching Thoreau, then," Richard J. Schneider says, "is how to make most effective use of his obvious appeal amid the variety of possible course structures, critical theories, and pedagogical methods.

Product details

• Authors: Schneider
• Assisted by: Richard J. Schneider (Editor)
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780873527347
• ISBN: 978-0-87352-734-7
• No. of pages: 223
• Weight: 315 g
• Series: Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World Literature S.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies