The contents of this edition are: A Gathering of Voices: Literature of Early America (Beginnings to 1750); A Nation is Born: Early National Literature (1750-1800); A Growing Nation: Nineteenth-Century Literature (1800-1870); Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion: The Age of Realism (1850-1914); Disillusion, Defiance, and Discontent: The Modern Age (1914-1946); Prosperity and Protest: The Contemporary Period (1946-Present) and Resources.