Why Read: The Uses and Abuses of Literature for Life
Mark Edmundson, "Why Read: The Uses and Abuses of Literature for Life"
English | 2005 | ASIN: N/A | 160 pages | EPUB | 0.32 MB
English | 2005 | ASIN: N/A | 160 pages | EPUB | 0.32 MB
In this important book, acclaimed author Mark Edmundson reconceives the value and promise of reading. He enjoins educators to stop offering up literature as facile entertainment and instead teach students to read in a way that can change their lives for the better. At once controversial and inspiring, this is a groundbreaking book written with the elegance and power to change the way we teach and read. Why Read was a PSLA Young Adult Top 40 non-fiction title 2004