choose a single author or work from your reading and show how the individual or the work relates to the totality of American literature.

  choose any author and topic in the text. choose a single author or work from your reading and show how the individual or the work relates to the totality of American literature. Keep in mind when choosing a topic that you will need to come up with a thesis statement for your paper (see pages A1 to A10 in the Study Guide). This must be a debatable assertion that you can develop and support through the use of critical sources. • The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume A, 8th ed., edited by Nina Baym (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012). ISBN-13: 978-0393934762 • The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume B, 8th ed., edited by Nina Baym (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012). ISBN-13: 978-0393934779 • Study Guide to Accompany American Passages: A Literary Survey (New York: W. W. Norton, 2004). ISBN-10: 0393979393