The small town in American literature

Consists of twenty-two selected sources-short stories, plays, poems and excerpts from novels-all by American authors. These selections deal with a variety of aspects of small town life in America, from mid 19th century to mid-20th century. The choices range from the frontier villages of Edaward Eggleston and E.W.Howe to the sophisticated towns of Sinclair Lewis and John Updike. Some of the other writers are Twain, Cather, Cummings, Lindasy, Robinson, Tennessee Williams, Faulkner, and Anderson.