Heritage of American Literature (Two Volume Boxed Set)

Orlando: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1991. Softcover. Books: Near Fine Slipcase: Very Good plus; corners bumped, no tears, structurally sound. This comprehensive anthology of American literature from the 17th through 20th centuries features selections from poetry, novels, plays, essays, memoirs, and personal letters and offers an extensive overview of American literature. The selections are organized into helpful groupings and accompanied by contextual material by James E. Miller. Miller writes, "Americans may be justly proud of their literature, and moreover will come to know themselves and discover their identity through encountering and experiencing that literature extensively and deeply. This anthology was designed to provide such an encounter, such an experience." The anthology is a 2-volume slipcased set, "Beginnings to the Civil War" and "Civil War to the Present."