Early American Writing Contributor(s): Various (Author), Gunn, Giles (Editor), Gunn, Giles (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140390871 ISBN-13: 9780140390872 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | North American |
Dewey: 810.800 |
LCCN: 93022916 |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 1.24" H x 5.04" W x 7.76" (0.96 lbs) 672 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Drawing materials from journals and diaries, political documents and religious sermons, prose and poetry, Giles Gunn's anthology provides a panoramic survey of early American life and literature--including voices black and white, male and female, Hispanic, French, and Native American. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |