The classic survey of English literature in a vibrant new edition, with Stephen Greenblatt as general editor. A legendary bestseller for more than forty years, The Norton Anthology of English Literature is the classic survey to the field from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. With more than ninety authors, the Major Authors Edition deepens its representation of essential works in all genres, ranging from Seamus Heaney's award-winning translation of Beowulf and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night to the greats of the nineteenth century--Blake and Wordsworth, Tennyson and Barrett Browning--to twentieth-century classics of a truly global English literature--Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Woolf's A Room of One's Own, poetry by Derek Walcott, and prose by Nadine Gordimer and Salman Rushdie, to name but a few. Color plates--over seventy-five in all--bring to life the cultural concerns of each period. Concise glosses and annotations, period introductions, biographical headnotes, timelines, and selected bibliographies help readers understand and enjoy the rich diversity of English literature.
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i needed this for my english class and it came two days after I ordered it on expedited shipping. It's full of great influential material. I would recommend this even as a casual reading book. It's amazing.
British Literature, Compacted:
This book takes the greatest British Literature of all time, and packs it into a single volume. It's easy to read, easy to follow, and is sure to delight anyone studying anything about British Literature.
Good read. Best quality. Cheapest price.:
A definite buy. A hardcover, brand-new book more than ten dollars cheaper than the college bookstore. We have not gotten beyond the Anglo-Saxon period yet. However, it seems to be a very good anthology so far. Kudos to the professors who selected this book for the British Literature class. John Keats is well covered, and so are many others. I found Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conspicuously missing, and I am not sure about why.
A Balanced Compilation of Literature:
If you really love English literature or you just like reading, this book is great for just that purpose and much more. It is enthralling and provides a tidbit of history in order for the reader to understand different themes in a literary and historical context. It may also encourage you to do further research on any given topic. If you are an English teacher, this would be a good book to use. You will not be disappointed.
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