What is the value of literary reading? How should a conception of that value influence the way we teach literature? How can teachers use their own personal encounters with literature to inform their teaching and pass on a love of literature to their students? Bruns (English, Chapman U.) draws on the work of Jane Tompkins, Sheridan Blau, Walter Slatoff, A.D. Moody, and Frank Farrell to articulate a conception of literary value and what it means for pedagogy. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)