Private: Faculty of Arts and Science – Humanities
English
Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses
| Open Textbook Title | Potentially Relevant Courses |
| British Literature I Anthology: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century | |
| British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond | |
| Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity | |
| Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations | |
| Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature | |
| Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative | |
| World Literature I: Beginnings to 1650 | |
| Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy | |
| English Composition | |
| The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century | |
| The Word on College Reading and Writing | |
| Writing and Literature: Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication | |
| Writing for Success 1st Canadian Edition |
Description and Access
English Literature
British Literature I Anthology: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century
Featuring over 50 authors and full texts of their works, this anthology follows the shift of monarchic to parliamentarian rule in Britain, and the heroic epic to the more egalitarian novel as genre.
British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Featuring 37 authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the literature developed within and developing through their respective eras.
Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity
This book aims to show how literature delights and how it instructs. It is hoped to inspire other teachers to emphasize the value and delight of reading literature.
Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations
The textbook offers practical advice and strategies for developing a writing process that is centered on play and supported by an understanding of America’s rich literary traditions.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries
Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature
The textbook was initially created by Robin deRosa at Plymouth State University. Working with students, they collected public domain texts, edited them as necessary and created introductions for each to form the beginnings of a new, definitive anthology of Early American Literature.
Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative
The textbook outlines the principles and techniques of storytelling.
World Literature I: Beginnings to 1650
This anthology comprises of three comprehensive collections that provide samples of literature from around the world and across the ages, ranging from some of oldest tales that have survived into modernity to works from the 1650s. Sections of the text are divided by time period in three parts: the Ancient World, Middle Ages, and Renaissance, and then divided into chapters by location.
English Writing
Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy
Written by a professor of English at the University of North Georgia, this book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with limited technical jargon.
Includes: exercises
English Composition
This textbook serves as an introduction to writing at college.
Includes: sample essays, exercises
The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century
This writing guide directly addresses the importance of writing well in the Google age, embracing the variety of media that define our internet-connected world.
The Word on College Reading and Writing
Written by five college reading and writing instructors, this interactive, multimedia text draws from decades of experience teaching students who are entering the college reading and writing environment for the very first time.
Includes: activities, discussions
Writing and Literature: Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication
Designed for a first-year English composition class, this book is filled with short stories, and plays, and discussion of literary devices to introduce composition in the context of literary studies.
Includes: instructor resources
Writing for Success 1st Canadian Edition
The textbook provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition.
Includes: discussions, examples, exercises
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