The health anthology of American literature /
Paul Lauter et.al.
- Fourth Edition
- Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Company, c2002
- xliii, 3195 pages ; 23 cm.
- Volume 2 .
Includes index.
Late Nineteenth Century: 1865-1910 -- Modern Period: 1910-1945 -- Contemporary Period: 1945 to the present .
When the Heath Anthology of American Literature first came out in 1989, it was both a symbol and a tool. It symbolizes the desired among many teachers, critics and students to study the full range of the literatures produced by the American rather than the very limited number of works that had come to be known as the literary cannon .