《英美文学佳作赏析》一书，其中既包含有对学术同仁最新成果的借鉴，又凝结着教师自己教学实践的总结创新。既适当涵盖经典、兼顾英美，又突出选文的时代性、趣味性和可读性。
本书按诗歌、小说、散文、戏剧四种体裁进行编写。每类体裁内容具体如下：首先是关于文学体裁特点、文体要素的分析及赏析要点的介绍；其次是有代表意义的作品选文，适当加以注释；再次是关于作家作品简要介绍；最后是引导学生鉴赏、思考的讨论题。全书最后附有参考文献及可供自学使用的相关文学网址。

Part One Poetry
Enjoying Poetry
Elements of Poetry
Suggestions on Reading Poetry
A Selection of Poems
How Do I Love Thee ?Elizabeth Browning
To My Dear and Loving Husband Anne Bradstreet
A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns
My Heart's in the Highlands Robert Burns
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Christopher Marlowe
She Walks in Beauty George Byron
The Owl and the Pussycat Edward Lear
Lord Randal 16th Century English Ballad
I, Too Langston Hughes
Dreams Langston Hughes
Hope Emily Dickinson
Fog Carl Sandburg
Young Woman at a Window William Carlos Williams
The Red Wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth
The Road Not Taken Robert Frost
Mending Wall Robert Frost
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost
A Poison Tree William Blake
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day William Shakespeare
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer Walt Whitman
40--Love Roger MeGough
l(aE.E. Cummings
Part Two Fiction
Enjoying Fiction
Elements of Fiction
Suggestions on Reading Fiction
A Selection of Short Stories
The Rocking-Horse Winner D.H. Laurence
The Dead James Joyce
A Rose for Emily William Faulkner
Soldier's Home Ernest Hemingway
The Lottery Shirley Jackson
Part Three The Essay
Enjoying Essays
Elements of Essays
Suggestions on Reading Essays
A Selection of Essays
Of Studies Francis Bacon
Nature(excerpt) Ralph Waldo Emerson
Marrakech George Orwell
Once More to the Lake E.B. White
The Joys of Writing Winston Churchill
Part Four Drama
Enjoying Drama
Elements of Drama
Suggestions on Reading Drama
A Selection of Plays
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark William Shakespeare
Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw
The Chalky White Substance Tennessee Williams
The Rising of the Moon Lady Gregory
Death Knocks Woody Allen
Bibliography