American literary nationalism is traditionally understood as a cohesive literary tradition developed in the independent United States that emphasized the features of America and consciously differentiated American literature from British…

This New Companion offers fifteen short, lively essays on a range of topics in Melville studies, including a number of new topics in American literary studies - animal studies, planetary…

The notes and the annotations in this and other Norton volumes most influence my decision in choosing this text. I thought the volume excellent. My students commented that it was…

A unique insiders' account of what CIA intelligence analysts do and why it matters

The common perception of a CIA officer is someone who collects secret intelligence abroad-a spy. However…

Frederick Douglass’s only work of fiction-an imaginative retelling of the most successful slave revolt in American history-accompanied by an interpretive introduction, notes, and a selection of related writings by Douglass…

This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them.

Covers the first year following the author’s rise to fame. This title recounts her struggles with celebrity, middle-class expectations, and the racial and social tensions her success had exacerbated. It…