Ever wish you could combine the flexibility of a customizable database anthology with the breadth of an Introduction to Literature anthology? Now you can!
The Pearson Custom Library: Introduction to Literature offers more than 700 literature selections by more than 375 authors, with all the supporting apparatus you need. Simply select what you want in the order you want and you'll have the perfect book for your literature course!
Editorial Board:
Kathleen Shine Cain, Merrimack College
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Pomona College
Janice Neuleib, Illinois State University
Stanley Orr, University of Hawaii
Paige Reynolds, College of the Holy Cross
Stephen Ruffus, Salt Lake City Community College
- More than 700 selections across all genres: poetry, fiction, drama, essay, and critical approaches
- More than 375 authors, from ancient to contemporary
- Biographical headnotes for each author
- End-of-selection questions for every selection
- Essays on reading and writing about literature, including documentation
- Glossary of terms
- Suggested Tables of Contents, for both broad introductory courses and more specialized topics
- Companion
Websites for students (featuring research, writing, and literary
resources) and instructors (offering student resources plus teaching
tips and annotated TOCs)
- Up to
20% of your custom book can be your material: syllabus, instructional
material, course assignments, department policies, or other readings
- Evaluation
copy service: once you have built and confirmed your reader online, you
can request an evaluation copy, which we will send to you within 10
business days
- On-line BookBuild system with extensive multivariable search function and on-line viewing capability
Your custom Introduction to Literature reader is published in only
4-6 weeks from the time we receive your order from your bookstore.
(If you are including outside material, please allow 8-10 weeks
from the time we receive your order from the bookstore).
This custom solution is appropriate for the following course(s):
- Literature & Creative Writing
We provide sample tables of contents for a semester’s worth of readings in specific periods or topics. Click the title to download these tables of contents.
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When you adopt Pike and Acosta’s Literature: A World of Writing you can add additional selections and stories from Pearson’s Custom Library for less than the price of a cup of coffee.
Click here to preview and select the additional selections that you would like to accompany the Pike anthology. Once complete,click Submit to have your order sent directly to our team for processing. Or, you can print the form out and fax it to 617-671-2923!
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