American poetry : the nineteenth century /
[John Hollander, editor].
- New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, c1993.
- 2 v. ; 21 cm.
- The Library of America ; 66-67 .
Includes index.
v. 1. Philip Freneau to Walt Whitman -- v. 2. Melville to Stickney. American Indian poetry. Folk songs and spirituals.
Wilson's Senior High School Wilson's Public Library Booklist
Included in the anthology is newly researched biographical sketches of each poet, a year-by-year chronology of poets and poetry from 1800-1900, and extensive notes.