The need to make a case for teaching literature -- Literature and identification: how self becomes character -- Literature and empathy: how narrative stimulates emotion -- Literature and critical thinking: how fiction makes us think -- Literature and social action: can reading change what we do? -- Literature curriculum and standards-based education -- Case study: college town middle school, with taylor norman and tiffany sedberry -- Implications for english teacher education -- Concluding thoughts: teaching literature for profit or pleasure -- Afterword: literature and morality.
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