Concise anthology of American literature
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Concise anthology of American literature
Prentice Hall, c1998
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Earlier editions were published by Macmillan Publishing Company
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Description
The one-volume concise edition provides a varied representation of writers who give voice to the American experience. Although the concise edition offers fewer complete long works than the two-volume set, still included are Franklin, The Autobiography; Melville, Billy Budd; Miller, Death of a Salesman; and Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Table of Contents
THE LITERATURE OF COLONIAL AMERICA. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). FROM The Diario of Christopher Columbus First Voyage to America. Thursday 11 October 1942. Sunday 14 October 1492. Captain John Smith (1580-1631). FROM The General History of Virginia. The Third Book.Powhatans Discourse of Peace and War. Native American Voices I. Myths and Tales. How the World Began. How the World Was Made. The Beginning of Summer and Winter. The Gift of the Sacred Pipe. Thunder, Dizzying Liquid, and Cups That Do Not Grow. William Bradford (1590-1657). FROM Of Plymouth Plantation. FROM 'Chapter IV, Showing the Reasons and Causes of Their Removal.' FROM 'Chapter VII, Of Their Departure from Leyden. . .' FROM 'Chapter IX, Of Their Voyage. . .' FROM 'Chapter X, Showing How They Sought Out a Place of Habitation. . .' FROM 'Chapter XI The Mayflower Compact.' FROM 'Chapter XXVIII The Pequot War.' FROM 'Chapter XXXVI Winslows Final Departure.' John Winthrop (1588-1649). FROM The Journal of John Winthrop. The Bay Psalm Book (1640). FROM The Bay Psalm Book. The New England Primer (c. 1683). FROM The New England Primer. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). The Prologue. Contemplations. The Flesh and the Spirit. The Author to Her Book. Before the Birth of One of Her Children. To My Dear and Loving Husband. A Letter to Her Husband. In Reference to Her Children. In Memory of My Dear Grandchild. On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet. Upon the Burning of Our House. Edward Taylor (c. 1642-1729). Prologue. FROM Preparatory Meditations. The Reflexion. Meditation 6 (First Series). Meditation 8 (First Series). Meditation 38 (First Series). Meditation 39 (First Series). Meditation 150 (Second Series). FROM Gods Determinations. The Preface. The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended. Upon a Spider Catching a Fly. Huswifery. The Ebb and Flow. A Fig for Thee Oh! Death. Cotton Mather (1663-1728). FROM The Wonders of the Invisible World. FROM Magnalia Christi Americana. Samuel Sewall (1652-1730). FROM The Diary of Samuel Sewall. Mary Rowlandson (c 1637-1711). A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. William Byrd II (1674-1744). FROM The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712. John Woolman (1720-1772). FROM The Journal of John Woolman. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). Sarah Pierrepont. Personal Narrative. FROM Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. FROM Images or Shadows of Divine Things. THE LITERATURE OF REASON AND REVOLUTION. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Silence Dogood, No. 4. FROM Poor Richard Improved, 1758. An Address to the Public. The Autobiography. Michel-Guillaume-Jean de Crevecoeur (1735-1813). FROM Letters from an American Farmer. Letter III (What Is an American?). Letter IX (Description of Charleston. . . Thomas Paine (1737-1809). FROM Common Sense. FROM The American Crisis. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). The Declaration of Indepen
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