Norton Critical Editions:American Literature

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  Emerson's Prose and Poetry: A Norton Critical Edition

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Saundra Morris, Joel Porte

  First Edition

  Paperback

  This new volume is the most comprehensive collection of Emerson’s writings available in a paperback edition.

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  Woman in the Nineteenth Century: A Norton Critical Edition

  Margaret Fuller, Larry J. Reynolds

  First Edition

  Paperback

  The text is that of the first edition and includes comprehensive textual annotations.

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  McTeague: A Norton Critical Edition

  Frank Norris, Donald Pizer

  Second Edition

  Paperback

  The text of this edition presents, fully annotated, the 1899 First Edition text of McTeague, a significant example of American literary naturalism and a commentary on turn-of-the-century American cultural values.

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  Winesburg, Ohio

  Sherwood Anderson, Charles E. Modlin, Ray Lewis White

  First Edition

  Paperback

  Set against the backdrop of a fictional 1890s town, Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio depicts the not-so-simple lives of its residents as seen through the eyes of George Willard, a young and observant resident.

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  Up From Slavery: A Norton Critical Edition

  Booker T. Washington, William L. Andrews

  First Edition

  Paperback

  "Contexts and Composition History" includes a selection of letters between Washington and his editor, Lyman Abbott, that reveals the process by...