Covers, Titles, and Tables
"One of the most
efficient ways to become acquainted with the dramatic changes in how
'American literature' is conceived, packaged and delivered is to browse
through examples of titles, covers, and tables of contents reproduced
from significant anthologies and histories. Even glancing at a few
contents pages can raise fundamental questions, not only about the
gender, race, class, and age representations of 'America,' but also
about institutional and disciplinary changes." So Professor Ken Roemer
speculates in the introduction to this celebrated resource which makes
it possible to peruse all in one place these examples of American
literary anthologies.
Covers, Titles, and Tables: Formations of Literary Canons
