What to Read After Teaching Literature
Readers who loved Teaching Literature by Elaine Showalter keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Teaching Literature is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Teaching Literature
Melville
Ugly Feelings
I Read It, but I Don't Get It
Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching
Because Writing Matters
Literary Theory
Reading Reminders
Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Sesame and Lilies, three lectures
Literature as Exploration
Literary Theory
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
The Penultimate Peril
The End
The Hostile Hospital
The Grim Grotto
The Slippery Slope
The Carnivorous Carnival
The Vile Village
The Ersatz Elevator
As I Lay Dying
Tender is the Night
The Austere Academy
The Miserable Mill