About this title: This classic survey of American literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing present features the work of over 260 writers, with 34 newly included. Among the 36 works reproduced in their entirety are "Franklin's Autobiography"; "The Scarlet Letter"; "Walden"; "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; "The Awakening"; "My Antonia"; "As I Lay Dying"; "A Streetcar Named Desire"; "Quicksand"; ""Howl" and Glengarry Glen Ross". This edition pays increased attention to cultural contexts through the inclusion of 45 colour plates, 12 contextual clusters, updated maps and timelines, and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780393966459ISBN:0393966453
Description: Good. 4th edition. Used paperback in good condition. May show some signs of use or wear. May contain underlining or highlighting. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Date Published: 1986-06-04
ISBN-13:9780393953893ISBN:0393953890
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"Totally indispensable guide to American Lit. Everything worth reading from the early years, from poetry, stories, essays and even the occasional novel. Weighs a tonne with tissue thin pages. Love this book."
"I read and enjoyed: Irving ("Rip Van Winkle" & "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"), Emerson (Intro to "Nature", "Self-Reliance", "The American Scholar", & "The Poet"), Poe ("The Man of the Crowd", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", & "The Purloined Letter"), Hawthorne ("My Kinsman, Major Molineux","The Minister's Black Veil", "The Birth-Mark", & "Rappaccini's Daughter"), Stowe (parts of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"), Thoreau ("Resistance to Civil Government", & Ch. 2 of "Walden"), Douglass ("Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself"), & Melville (Bartleby, The Scrivener")."
"I had to read these for my Lit class but I enjoyed them very much. They are not complete novels, they are parts of speeches and books by famous authors. But none the less, I learned a lot from these books. I've kept them and gone back to them several times."
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