Any New American Lit info?

[margotsara]

I studied using the Norton Anthology of American Literature..There are two volumes, both fairly huge books (1000 pages +). But I would hone in on major authors--

The test does include questions on Transcendentalism..Emerson, Thoreau..I would read a few of Emerson's important essays like "Self Reliance," and read at least an excerpt of Thoreau's "Walden Pond."

Mark Twain is of HUGE importance on the test. Read Huck Finn, if you haven't already! (It's an awesome book.)

The major playwright on the test is definitely Eugene O'Neill...His best-known works are Desire Under the Elms, The Iceman Cometh, ...

Tennessee Williams is important too.

As far as I remember there wasn't too much focus on American poetry. But be familiar with Whitman, Dickinson, etc.