Textbook and Materials
The required textbook for this course is the following:
Norton Anthology of American Literature, 9th edition, Volumes A and B
, edited by Levine, Publisher: Norton, ISBN: 9780393264548
You also are required to have a solid and reliable writer's handbook, including an MLA 8th ed. style guide, to reference for the course. If you took ENG 111 and/or ENG 112 at one of the NOVA campuses or with NOVA Online, you may already have a handbook you can use such as the following:
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In Conversation: A Writer's Guidebook, 2018
by Palmquist and Wallraff,
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martins
- Rules for Writers 8th edition, 2016, MLA Updated
by Hacker, Publisher: MAC HIGHER
OER Handbook and Resource
- If you do not already have a trusted handbook with an updated MLA 8th edition, please use this free and openly licensed handbook called the Pocket Prof.
- In addition, you are encouraged to consult the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue: OWL.