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American Literature: Prose
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American literature: prose
Baym, Nina, and others, eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Norton, 1998. Selection of American fiction and critical essays.
Bercovitch, Sacvan, ed. Cambridge History of American Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1994- . Projected eight-volume history combines the talents of numerous scholars.
Bryer, Jackson R., ed. Sixteen Modern American Authors: A Survey of Research and Criticism. Duke University Press, 1973-1990. A different contributor covers each writer, providing a biography, works, criticism, and a bibliography. Volume 2 covers criticism between 1972 and 1989.
Elliot, Emory, ed. The Columbia Literary History of the United States. Columbia University Press, 1988. From prehistoric cave narratives to modern experimental prose.
Hart, James David, and Phillip Leininger, eds. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Oxford University Press, 1995. 
Kazin, Alfred. An American Procession. Knopf, Reprint, Harvard University Press, 1984. 1996. An American critic examines famous American writers from 1830 to 1930.

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