Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What can teachers and learners do with literature? -- Chapter 3. The language of literature and ways of 'teaching' it -- Chapter 4. The teaching of poetry -- Chapter 5. Teaching short stories -- Chapter 6. Teaching the novel -- Chapter 7. Teaching drama -- Chapter 8. Assessment and evaluation in literature lessons and courses -- Chapter 9. Research and development -- Appendix 1. Study questions and exercises -- Appendix 2. Some possible answers to selected study questions -- References -- Index