The Norton Anthology of American Literature

Current, cohesive, and comprehensive: everything needed to engage students and support instructors.

The Eleventh Edition continues to showcase the breadth of the American literary landscape and evolve in response to today’s teaching challenges. With three new editors bringing fresh perspectives, the 11e marries the excellence expected from the anthology with a thoughtfully designed digital experience, introducing students to new coverage of Indigenous Americans, new clusters on “Literature and the Environment” and “Utopian and Speculative Futures,” as well as Cormac McCarthy, J. D. Salinger, and Natalie Diaz. InQuizitive and the Norton Courseware ebook offer students a cohesive, engaging, and effective reading experience, easily integrated in the LMS. Available in print and as an annotatable ebook, the anthology continues to let instructors teach and students learn in whatever format they prefer.

Highlights of this edition’s new content:

• 5 new thematic clusters put voices in dialogue to help students engage with important topics that speak to their own concerns. New editors Cody Marrs, Gretchen Murphy, and Stephanie Li bring topics like “Literature and the Environment” and “9/11 and Creative Nonfiction” to the anthology’s trusted clusters.
• Additional stories by authors already featured, like more writing by Zitkala-Ša, and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams”
• New features in the courseware and instructor resources include: New embedded videos and audio in the period introductions that encourage students to draw on this valuable contextual material.? New interactive tours of select full-color images and early edition excerpts. New image-based questions in the?InQuizitive?activities for each period introduction. New ebook reading “An Introduction to Thoughtful Reading and Annotation: Getting the Most Out of Your Anthology?Ebook”?highlights for?students the importance of careful, active reading and annotating in their?ebooks.? New activities, tips, and prompts in the instructor’s guide focused on 1) incorporating multimedia such as the new features in the Norton courseware?ebook?and 2) writing in the era of generative AI.