How Porcupines Make Love III: Readers, Texts, Cultures in the Response-Based Literature Classroom (2nd Edition)

This book remains the classic albeit irreverent text for teachers seeking to understand the reader-based approach to literature teaching in the middle and secondary school. It features: an engaging, succinct exploration of reader-response and critical theory, key topics in current English methods education; abundant, helpful pedagogical examples and activities that suggest ways to apply theoretical content in the classroom; and much more.Alan C. Purves is the author of 'How Porcupines Make Love III: Readers, Texts, Cultures in the Response-Based Literature Classroom (2nd Edition)', published 1994 under ISBN 9780801312601 and ISBN 0801312604.