Norton Critical Editions:American Literature

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My Ántonia: A Norton Critical Edition
Willa Cather, Sharon O'Brien
First Edition
Paperback
In the final volume in her prairie trilogy, Willa Cather fully transforms memory into art to create her most autobiographical novel.
Little Women: A Norton Critical Edition
Louisa May Alcott, Gregory Eiselein, Anne K Phillips
First Edition
Paperback
This authoritative, accurate text of the first edition (1868–69) of Little Women is accompanied by textual variants and thorough explanatory annotations.
The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe: A Norton Critical Edition
Edgar Allan Poe, G.R. Thompson
First Edition
Paperback
Edgar Allan Poe’s works, with their gothic and often obsessive themes, have had a significant influence on American literature.
The Age of Innocence: A Norton Critical Edition
Edith Wharton, Candace Waid
First Edition
Paperback
The text of Wharton’s richly allusive Pulitzer Prize–winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorously annotated by a prominent Wharton scholar.
Tales of Henry James: A Norton Critical Edition
Henry James, Christof Wegelin, Henry B. Wonham
Second Edition
Paperback
Nine of James’s most important tales, including (new to the second edition) "In the Cage," a tale that engages James’s complicated attitudes toward gender, class, and the rise of information technology.