Concise Anthology of American Literature – George McMichael
Third Edition
Advisory Editors: Frederick Crews, J.C. Levenson, Leo Marx, David E. Smith
For the instructor or student surveying the literature of the United States in a single academic quarter or semester, this book offers a practical alternative to the extended two-volume Anthology of American Literature. It also provides a convenient collection of American poetry, drama, fiction, and other prose for use in a two-semester or three-quarter survey course in conjunction with a collection of separate novels or other works. The criteria by which works are included in this book are the same as those for the parent text, which are that the works should be of significant literary and cultural significance in the history of American letters. The briefer anthology, however, must discriminate even more carefully than its longer companion simply because it cannot contain an equal number of important selections – especially those selections that consist of long works presented in their entireties...

2726 pag.
Paperback
Zeer goede staat
ISBN 0 02 379561 1
1985 Macmillan Publishing Company