Early American Literature

Grades 9–12

A Parallel Text Edition

The original text of early American writers and thinkers and the modern adaption on facing pages

With the original text and a modern paraphrase on facing pages, all students can understand early America’s brilliant writers and thinkers and connect to the lives and ideals that helped shape America’s heritage. 240 pages.

Features

• recall and literary analysis questions for each selection

• the two-color design is more accessible and appealing

• units organized by time period

• succinct and compelling unit introductions set the historical and cultural context

• original writings in a variety of genres—essays, speeches, diary and autobiographical excerpts, and poetry

• numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference

Teacher Guide

• suggestions for using the anthology as an entire unit, with a literature anthology, and with a novel

• reproducible recall and literary analysis questions for each selection with suggested responses

Table of Contents

Price List


Parallel Text—
British Literature

Parallel Text—
Shakespeare

American
Short Stories:
1920 to the Present

The American Tradition:
Short Stories from
1820 to 1920