Although Sheridan Blau brought up many interesting ideas in his book, The Literature Workshop, the overall tone was one that may give many secondary teachers pause.  As Mr. Blau considers himself to be an authoritative member of his discourse community, he presents himself as such in his book.  Because he is often the most experienced voice in the room, he does steer readers of his book toward his interpretation of a work even though he states that a goal is to have "teachers share with their students--though not impose upon them--their own interpretations of texts, thereby modeling the process of interpretation and giving instruction at the same time" (121)...

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The workshop scenarios he included were interesting and representative of good discussions on various pieces of literature.  His poetry examples, such as "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke or "The Parable of the Young Man and the Old" by Wilfred Owen, are accessible to many readers though each contains its own interpretive difficulties.  The examples of dialogue Blau included are often ...

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