literary collections

A survey of American literature since 1945, featuring excerpted and complete works from such authors as Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, Gwendolyn Brooks,Ursula Le Guin, and many others, and including ten prose and verse selections written in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the U.S.

A survey of American literature from 1914 to 1945, featuring excerpted and complete works from such authors as Edgar Lee Masters, Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Countee Cullen, and many others, and including writings on World War I and its aftermath.

A survey of American literature from 1865 to 1914, featuring excerpted and complete works from such authors as Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, James Weldon Johnson, and many others, and including a selection of Native American chants and songs.

A selection of American literature drawn from throughout history, beginning in 1820 and continuing through 1865. Includes a time line, color plates, and bibliographies.

A selection of American literature drawn from throughout history, beginning with stories of the creation of the world and continuing through 1820. Includes a time line, color plates, and bibliographies.

Provides a representive selection of writings, in diverse literary genres, of major English authors, from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century; and includes selected bibliographies, geographic nomenclature, and other reference aids, as well as an index.

Presents fifteen stories, three condensed novels, six poems, and four essays by nineteenth-century American writer Bret Harte, along with a scholarly introduction and explanatory notes.