An exciting revision of the best-selling anthology for African American literary survey courses. The much-anticipated Third Edition brings together the work of 140 writers from 1746 to the present writing in all genres, as well as performers of vernacular forms–from spirituals and sermons to jazz and hip hop. Fresh scholarship, new visuals and media, and new selections–with an emphasis on contemporary writers–combine to make The Norton Anthology of African American Literature an even better teaching tool for instructors and an unmatched value for students.

An exciting revision of the best-selling anthology for African American literary survey courses. The much-anticipated Third Edition brings together the work of 140 writers from 1746 to the present writing in all genres, as well as performers of vernacular forms–from spirituals and sermons to jazz and hip hop. Fresh scholarship, new visuals and media, and new selections–with an emphasis on contemporary writers–combine to make The Norton Anthology of African American Literature an even better teaching tool for instructors and an unmatched value for students.