The Heath Anthology of American Literature

The Heath anthology of American literature, Band 1. Third edtion. Herausgeber Paul Lauter, Richard Yarborough, Juan Bruce-Novoa Verlag D.C. Heath and Co., 1994 / Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company

Colonial Period to 1700

• Native american oral literatures
• cultures in contact
• 17th century poetry
• new spain

18th Century

• 18th century poetry

Early 19th century 1800-1865

• myths tals legends
• humour of the old southwest
• expülorations of an american self
• slavery and abolition
• woman question
• emergence of american poetic voices