In The Bedford Reader, Third Edition, half of the 54 selections are new. There are now more selections by minority writers, more by women writers, more to appeal directly to eighteen-year-olds, and more to engage nontraditional students, as well as the class-proven favorites of instructors and students using the previous edition
Presents instruction on critical reading and analysis, argument, and research techniques, along with a collection of readings appropriate for practicing those techniques. This title includes a visual program, featuring chapter opening visuals and two full-colour inserts.