This 8th edition of 'The Norton Anthology of American Literature' presents complete major works, balancing classic and newly emergent works.
Robert S. Robert Steven Levine Books
Robert S. Levine is a Distinguished University Professor of English and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland. He serves as the General Editor of The Norton Anthology of American Literature and is a member of the editorial boards for several prominent literary journals. His scholarly work delves into American literature, focusing on its foundational texts and their enduring relevance.
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
The eighth edition features a diverse and balanced variety of works and thorough but judicious editorial apparatus throughout. The new edition also includes more complete works, much-requested new authors, 170 in-text images, new and re-thought contextual clusters, and other tools that help instructors teach the course they want to teach.
The Norton anthology of American literature. Volume A : Beginnings to 1820
- 992 pages
- 35 hours of reading
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
The Norton anthology of American literature. Volume 1, Beginnings to 1865
- 1376 pages
- 49 hours of reading
"Read by millions of students over eight editions, The Norton Anthology of American Literature remains the best-selling undergraduate survey of American literature. The Shorter Ninth Edition is a cover-to-cover revision, featuring 16 complete longer works, 4 new contemporary authors (6 new authors in all), 9 clusters (3 new and 4 revised), more than 100 images, thoroughly revised introductions, and hundreds of new and fine-tuned annotations."--Back cover
