McGraw-Hill Higher Education
A Divison of The McGraw-Hill Companies
The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 2
Published by McGraw-Hill, an imprint of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright ©2002, 1999, 1994, 1990, 1985, 1981, 1974, 1967, 1962, 1961, 1957, and 1956 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 9 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
ISBN 0-07-249156-6
Publisher: Steve DeBow
Executive editor: Sarah Touborg
Senior developmental editor: Alexis Walker
Marketing manager: Davis S. Patterson
Project manager: David Sutton
Production supervisor: Richard DeVitto
Director of design: Violeta Diaz
Cover design: Glenda King
Photo research coordinator: Alexandra Ambrose
Compositor: Shepherd, Inc.
Typeface: 9.5/11.5 Sabon
Printer: RR Donnelley
Cover Image: Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958, Encaustic on canvas, 30 7/8 x 45 x 5 in. (784 x 115.6 x 12.7 cm). © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, NY, NY. Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Because this page cannot legibly accommodate all the copyright notices, page 2039 constitutes an extension of this copyright page.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The American tradition in literature/edited by George Perkins, Barbara Perkins. —10th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 0-07-249166-3 (v.1:acid-free paper) —ISBN 0-07-249156-6 (v.2:acid-free paper)
American literature 2. United States—Literary collections. I. Perkins, George B.,
1930— II. Perkins, Barbara, 1933—
PS.507 .A62 2002b
810.8—dc21
2002070011