Welcome to The Norton Anthology of American Literature,
Full and Shorter Sixth Editions

To begin, click on one of the covers above.

Site Features:

Designed as a springboard to help students extend their exploration of American literature and identify and frame topics for writing, discussion, and research, this website includes:

• Self-grading multiple-choice quizzes for each of the six period introductions
• Outlines and summaries of the six period introductions
• Timelines with historical-literary contexts
• Over 100 searchable Explorations that provide generative questions and projects to help students draw connections, close-read texts, and link texts to contexts
• 5 Topics—one per volume— to help students draw connections among writers and literary periods and explore large-scale questions about culture and contexts

For more information about The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Sixth Edition, please visit the college books website.

Instructors now have an easy way to collect students’ online quizzes with the Norton Gradebook without flooding their inboxes with e-mails. Students can track their online quiz scores by setting up their own Student Gradebook.