Norton Critical Editions:American Literature

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  The Turn of the Screw: A Norton Critical Edition

  Henry James, Jonathan Warren

  Third Edition

  Paperback

  “This admirable new and expanded Norton Critical Edition, with its judiciously selected and expertly curated secondary materials, both historical and critical, and accompanied by Jonathan Warren's excellent introduction, is an invaluable resource for students, instructors, and scholars.” —Sheila Teahan, Michigan State University

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  Twelve Years a Slave: A Norton Critical Edition

  Solomon Northup, Kevin M. Burke, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

  First Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup’s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes.

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  Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Norton Critical Edition

  Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elizabeth Ammons

  Third Edition

  Paperback

  One of the most important activist texts in American literature is now available in a thoroughly updated and revised Norton Critical Edition.

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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...

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  Walden / Civil Disobedience / and Other Writings: A Norton Critical Edition

  Henry David Thoreau, William Rossi

  Third Edition

  Paperback

  As a unique feature, the Third Edition includes generous excerpts from Thoreau's journal, reprinted by special arrangements with Princeton...