Literature, Class, and Culture: An Anthology

An interesting collection of literary works analyzing the over-abundant classes that exist in our so called "classless society." Authors and musicians Point out that while we strive for limitless society, we will always be restricted by our class, with very few exceptions.

I found the book to have a complete realm of subject matter. All of the essays and stories and particularly the songs had very good meaning to them. Most of what I found interesting was the subject of everyday life from an ordinary perspective. Most of the subjects were from a working class perspective and it opened my mind up to many things that were important and expressed years ago. I found that a lot of today's thinking could easily be paralleled with that time and those circumstances. For instance, in Boxcar Bertha, an autobiography, her mission to find out what makes men and women do the things that they do at the expense of their being, still goes on in today's society. I found things in this writing to be parallel to the year 2001. There were many examples of this type of subject matter. I just felt good reading it and knowing that it could relate to me. I highly suggest getting a copy and reading it.

Literature, Class, and Culture was an excellent book that express the differences of the classes- mainly between the workiing classes. Some of the stories are actually quit entertaining while others seem to draw out way too long. The material is easy to relate to no matter what class you fall under. I would recommend reading this book, that is if you have the free time (it took me a while to read the book and doing the writing assignments on the material).

I really liked the Anthology. It was a variety of different genres along with artists that are widely known, but not necessarily known for there writing. Some such as; Dolly Parton, Billy Joel, and Janice Joplin are widely known for there songs, yet they are still a part of the book, An Anthology. I would never have guessed this would be my textbook for my college English class because it was so interesting, especially the poems. I like poems that have deep meaning like they are displayed in the Anthology. I'm glad this book had a combination of stories, poems, songs, and other genres because it keeps my attention more reading little excerpts of stories or poems. It's much more exciting than trying to read a 800 page book where it seems as if the pages are just filled with words rather than words with meaning.