1. First Sight: An Introduction to Literature 2. Ways of Seeing: Responding to Literature 3. Personal View: The Art of the Essay 4. Reflected Worlds: The Elements of Short Fiction 5. The Story's Blueprint: Plot and Structure in Short Fiction 6. Telling Their Tales: Character in Short Fiction 7. In That Time and Place: Setting and Character in Short Fiction 8. The Author's Voice: Tone and Style in Short Fiction 9. Suggested Meanings: Symbolism and Allegory in Short Fiction 10. The Sum of Its Parts: Theme in Short Fiction 11. The Sacred Words: The Elements of Poetry 12. A Sense of Place: Setting and Character in Poetry 13. Tools of the Trade: Words and Images in Poetry 14. Seeing Anew: Rhetorical Figures in Poetry 15. An Echo to the Sense: Prosody and Form in Poetry 16. Distant Voices: Myth, Symbolism, and Allusion in Poetry 17. Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry 18. Playing the Part: Characters and Actors in Drama 19. Patterns of Action: Plot and Conflict in Drama 20. Perspectives on Illusion: Setting and Staging in Drama 21. The Vision Quest: Myth and Symbolism in Drama 22. Frame for Meaning: Theme in Drama 23. Casting Long Shadows: The Power of Literature 24. Continuing Vision: The Uses of Literature
