Welcome to the companion web site for Literature: A Portable Anthology, edited by Janet E. Gardner, Beverly Lawn, Jack Ridl, and Peter Schakel. The materials below are designed to help you expand your understanding of the literature in this anthology.

The site's general literature resources include: Bedford/St. Martin's VirtuaLit Interactive Tutorials, LitLinks, LitQuiz, LitGloss, and Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online.

The Drama and Poetry Resources offer additional resources created by the authors to help you explore the poems and plays in their anthology.

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Resources
icon Drama Resources
Includes an overview of the history of western theater, a list of recommended video resources, and a collection of drama-related links
icon Poetry Resources
Resources prepared by the authors to help students read, compare, and explore the themes, subjects, and forms of the poetry in this anthology
icon LitLinks
Bedford/St. Martin's compilation of annotated links to Web sites with information about authors, their works, and periods
icon LitQuiz
Bedford/St. Martin's collection of interactive quizzes
icon VirtuaLit Interactive Tutorials
Includes interactive close readings of selected works, multimedia explorations of literary elements and critical approaches, and a collection of cultural documents, images, and audio clips
icon LitGloss
Bedford/St. Martin's online glossary of literary terms
icon Diana Hacker's Research & Documentation Online
Includes sample student papers, documentation guidelines for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles, and a list of databases and indexes, Web sites, and reference texts organized by academic discipline




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