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The Norton Introduction to Literature, With 2016 MLA Update, Shorter Twelfth Edition, Paperback Version
Kelly J. Mays
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Volume One
W E B DuBois Professor of Humanities Chair of Afro-American Studies and Director of the W E B DuBois Institute for fo..., Dean of the College Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature Valerie Smith
The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: the Traditions in English, Two-volume Set
Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar
