ThisclassicsurveyofAmericanliteraturefromitssixteenth-centuryoriginstoitsflourishingpresentfeaturestheworkofover260writers,with34newlyincluded.Amongthe36worksreproducedintheirentiretyare"Franklin'sAutobiography";"TheScarletLetter";"Walden";"AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn";"TheAwakening";"MyAntonia";"AsILayDying";"AStreetcarNamedDesire";"Quicksand";"Howl"andGlengarryGlenRoss".Thiseditionpaysincreasedattentiontoculturalcontextsthroughtheinclusionof45colourplates,12contextualclusters,updatedmapsandtimelines,andthroughextensivelyrevisedsectionintroductions,headnotes,footnotesandbibliographies.