...there is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped. Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life in a small Ohio town at the end of the nineteenth century. At the centre is George Willard, a young reporter who becomes the confidant of the town's 'grotesques' - solitary figures unable to ...

This new annotated edition inlcudes Live Oak, with Moss and prose selections from Democratic Vistas and Specimen Days . The text also presents a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a poet taken from his notebooks, letters, conversations and newspaper articles.

Describes life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. This book includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot.

The poems gathered here established T.S. Eliot decisively as the voice of a disillusioned generation .