From trickster tales of the Native American tradition to bestsellers of early women writers to postmodernism, this edition conveys the diversity of American literature from its origins to the present. Volume 2 covers the period of 1865 to the present.

    This modern section has been overhauled to reflect the diversity of American writing since 1945. A section on 19th-century women's writing is included.

    From trickster tales of the Native American tradition to bestsellers of early women writers.

    Under Nina Baym's direction, the editors have considered afresh each selection and all the apparatus to make the anthology an even better teaching tool.

    Last volume (E) of the anthology of the American literature from its sixteenth-century origins to the present.

    An introductory note on each poet tells something of her life and of the historical and literary context in which she wrote. The poems themselves--approximately four hundred in number and translated from languages as diverse as Byzantine Greek, Sanskrit, Old French, Hindi, Gaelic, Vietnamese, and Maori--cut across the barriers of time and culture to take their rightful place among the wealth of the world's literature. (Penguin Books)'In America, as everywhere else, women have been and are among our major poets, and here they all are, the familiar elbowing the exotic in endless variety of form, subject, temperament. From Sappho to Judith Wright--by way of Li Ching-chao, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Emily Dickinson, and Anna Akhmatova--this anthology can be read straight through as a dizzying world tour, and returned to as a solid work of reference'--Ellen Moers, author of Literary Women

    This volume—Volume C, the third out of five—covers American literature from 1820 to 1865.

    Now, with the release of the New Daily Study Bible, a new generation will appreciate the wisdom of William Barclay. With clarification of less familiar illustrations and inclusion of more contemporary language, the New Daily Study Bible will continue to help individuals and groups discover what the message of the New Testament really means for their lives.

    

    Cyclops / by Henry Kuttner --Who goes there? / by John W. Campbell, Jr. --Farewell to the master / by Harry Bates --The fog horn / by Ray Bradbury --Deadly city / by Ivar Jorgenson--The alien machine / by Raymond F. Jones --The cosmic frame / by Paul W. Fairman --The fly / by George Langelaan --The seventh victim / by Robert Sheckley --The sentinel / by Arthur C. Clarke --The racer / by Ib Melchior --A boy and his dog / by Harlan Ellison.

    Collected in this brilliant volume are thirty-five of the finest writers of this century, including:Jorge Luis BorgesCarlos FuentesJulio CortazarMiguel Angel AsturiasGabriel Garcia MarquezJorge AmadoOctavio PazJuan BoschJose DonosoHoracio QuirogaMario Vargas LlosaAbelardo CastilloGuillermo Cabrera InfanteAnd many more

    

    MacDonaldFeedback by Katherine MacLeanDP by Jack VanceThe Liberation of Earth by William TennA Work of Art by James BlishThe County of the Kind by Damon KnightThe Education of Tigress McCardle by C.M. KornbluthThe Cage by A. Bertram ChandlerThe Last of the Deliverers by Poul AndersonA Bad Day for Sales by Fritz LeiberSaucer of Loneliness by Theodore SturgeonHeirs Apparent by Robert AbernathyAdrift on the Policy Level by Chan DavisShort in the Chest by Margaret St Clair5,271,009 by Alfred BesterThe Academy by Robert SheckleyNobody Bothers Gus by Algis BudrysHappy Birthday Dear Jesus by Frederik PohlBettyann by Kris NevilleDark Interlude by Fredric Brown & Mack ReynoldsWhat Have I Done by Mark CliftonLove O Careless Love by Barry N. Malzberg

    Grant ·Suffer the Little Children · Stephen King · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini ·*Daughter of the Golden West [“A Feast for Cathy”] · Dennis Etchison ·The Duppy Tree · Steven E. McDonald · *Naples · Avram Davidson · Seat Partner [Saint-Germain] · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro ·Camps · Jack M. Dann · The Anchoress · Beverly Evans · Transfer · Barry N. Malzberg · Unknown Drives · Richard Christian Matheson The Night of the Piasa · George W. Proctor & J. C. Green ·The Runaway Lovers · Ray Russell ·Fisherman’s Log · Peter D. Pautz ·I Can’t Help Saying Goodbye · Ann Mackenzie ·Midnight Hobo · Ramsey Campbell ·Snakes and Snails · Jack C. Haldeman, II ·Mass Without Voices · Arthur L. Samuels ·He Kilt It with a Stick · William F. Nolan ·The Ghouls · R. Chetwynd-Hayes

    Collection of tales written for children, about the author's encounters with small creatures, both wild and tame, who live in the Canterbury high country.

    Henry transformed the mundane occurrences of everyday life into hundreds of stories so popular that they have never gone out of print. From The Gift Of The Magi, the heartwarming classic of selfless love, to The Last Leaf, the unforgettable story of the twist of fate that renews one woman's will to live, O.Henry's finest work is collected here in one volume. These expertly plotted tales reveal the humorous complexities of hope and destiny, and demonstrate O. Henry's indisputable storytelling genius. His bittersweet insight and trademark surprise endings make for timeless tales that continue to delight readers throughout the world.