The American tradition in literature - George Perkins

Widely known as the anthology that best meshes tradition with innovation, this shorter version of The American Tradition in Literature includes every major author found in the two-volume set, but fewer selections keep it manageably half the length.

George Perkins is Professor of English at Eastern Michigan University and an Associate Editor of Narrative. He holds degrees from Tufts and Duke universities and received his Ph.D. from Cornell. He has been a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Newcastle in Australia and has held a Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. In addition to Newcastle and Edinburgh, he has taught at Washington University, Baldwin-Wallace College and Fairle