| Preface | |
| 1 | Literary Thought and Literate Mind | 1 |
| 2 | Building Envisionments | 9 |
| 3 | The Nature of Literary Experience | 24 |
| 4 | The Classroom as a Social Setting for Envisionment Building | 38 |
| 5 | A Practical Pedagogy | 55 |
| 6 | Strategies for Teaching | 77 |
| 7 | Literature for Students the System Has Failed | 99 |
| 8 | Learning Literary Concepts and Vocabulary | 119 |
| 9 | Literature Across the Curriculum | 131 |
| 10 | Closing Thoughts: Literature in School and Life | 142 |
| Afterword: Reflections of Teachers and Students | 147 |
| References | 159 |
| Index | 165 |
| About the Author | 171 |