The Norton anthology of American literature /
[compiled by] Ronald Gottesman ... [et al.].
- 1st ed.
- New York : Norton, c1979.
- 2 v. ; 22 cm.
V. 1: Early American literature 1620-1820 / Murphy -- American literature 1820-1865 / Paeker -- V. 2: American literature 1865-1914 / Gottesman -- American literature between the wars 1914-1945 / Holland -- Contemporary American prose 1945- / Pritchard -- Contemporry American poetry 1945- / Kalstone.
With attention to selections by women writers, outstanding works of American poetry, prose, and fiction from the colonial era to the present are presented.