The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol.B
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Read by more than 2.5 million students over 30 years, The Norton Anthology of American Literature sets the standard and remains an unmatched value.
This literary historian questioned the underrepresentation of women in the American literary canon and dedicated her career to correcting that imbalance. She explored the rich output of 19th-century women's novels, discovering and advocating for writers whose work deserved more than obscurity. Her scholarship brought to light the significant contributions and varied quality of female authorship in American literary history. She sought to understand the prevalence of these often-overlooked voices.






Read by more than 2.5 million students over 30 years, The Norton Anthology of American Literature sets the standard and remains an unmatched value.
Read by more than 2.5 million students over 30 years, The Norton Anthology of American Literature sets the standard and remains an unmatched value.
The most trusted anthology featuring complete works, balanced selections, and useful editorial features.
The most trusted anthology for complete works, balanced selections, and helpful editorial apparatus.
The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Eighth Edition, features a diverse and balanced variety of works and thorough but judicious editorial apparatus throughout. The new edition, which also newly includes much-requested authors and selections and 130 in-text images, remains an unmatched value for students. The Norton Anthology of American Literature is now available as an interactive ebook, at just a fraction of the print price.
This 8th edition of 'The Norton Anthology of American Literature' presents complete major works, balancing classic and newly emergent works.
This is vol. D: 1914-1945, of 'The Norton Anthology of American Literature' 8th edition. The two world wars (World War I, 1914-1918, and World War II, 1939-1945) bracket a period during which the United States became a fully modern nation. Both wars mobilized the country's industries and technologies, spurred their development, and uprooted citizens. The literature of this period is a reflection of that
This 8th edition of 'The Norton Anthology of American Literature' presents complete major works, balancing classic and newly emergent works.
Presents hundreds of stories, novels, poems, memoirs, and other writings by important authors throughout American history; and covers early stories from indigenous peoples through writing from 1820
This book surveys American literature from its sixteenth-century origins, showcasing over 260 writers. It includes cultural contexts through 45 color plates, 12 contextual clusters, maps, timelines, and various supplementary materials like introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies.