Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews Represents the American literary works most respected by modern scholars. Volume I covers Christopher Columbus through Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. This book also emphasizes the contributions to the American literary canon made by women and minority authors. Extensive explanatory headnotes and footnotes link the works and authors of a period and provide readers with additional insights into each selection. New to this edition is an expanded presentation of Native American literature (myths, tales, autobiography, etc.). |
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... heard her first feeble movements in the hollow coffin . I heard them - many , many days ago - yet I dared not - I dared not speak ! And now - to - night - Ethelred - ha ! ha ! -the breaking of the hermit's door , and the death - cry of ...
... heard her first feeble movements in the hollow coffin . I heard them - many , many days ago - yet I dared not - I dared not speak ! And now - to - night - Ethelred - ha ! ha ! -the breaking of the hermit's door , and the death - cry of ...
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... heard not ? Almighty God ! -no , no ! They heard ! -they suspected ! -they knew ! -they were making a mockery of my horror ! -this I thought , and this I think . But anything was better than this agony ! Anything was more tolerable than ...
... heard not ? Almighty God ! -no , no ! They heard ! -they suspected ! -they knew ! -they were making a mockery of my horror ! -this I thought , and this I think . But anything was better than this agony ! Anything was more tolerable than ...
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... HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTRONOMER When I heard the learn'd astronomer , When the proofs , the figures , were ranged in columns before me , When I was shown the charts and diagrams , to add , divide , and measure them , 70 70 When I sitting heard ...
... HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTRONOMER When I heard the learn'd astronomer , When the proofs , the figures , were ranged in columns before me , When I was shown the charts and diagrams , to add , divide , and measure them , 70 70 When I sitting heard ...
Contents
Columbuss Letter Describing His First Voyage | 15 |
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH | 22 |
FROM A Description of New England | 36 |
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