The Dover Anthology of American Literature, Volume I - From the Origins Through the Civil War

Compact and inexpensive, this anthology provides an overview of American literature from colonial times through the mid-19th century. The authoritative texts are supplemented with informative introductory notes and suggestions for further reading. Contributors include Jonathan Edwards, Anne Bradstreet, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, and many others.