Highlights of Volume A: Beginnings to 1820
âĒ Complete texts of Mary Rowlandsonâs captivity narrative and Hannah Webster Fosterâs The Coquette
âĒ In-depth Contexts sections on such topics as âSlavery and Resistance,â âRebellions and Revolutions,â and âPrint Culture and Popular Literatureâ
âĒ Broader and more extensive coverage of Indigenous oral and visual literature than in competing anthologies
âĒ Full author sections in the anthology devoted not only to frequently anthologized figures but also to authors such as Anne Hutchinson, Sor Juana InÃĐs de la Cruz, and Briton Hammon