The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1
by M. H. Abrams (Editor)
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Collections and Selections — generic, vol 1)
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A good anthology of English language literature. Norton has done a good job adding more women writers with each edition. The introductions with the historical summaries are very helpful for putting texts into context.
Recently I've read through the Old English and Middle English periods, and they have a good selection for each period. I especially like the Middle English texts that are preserved in the original. I wish that I had the code to the online content, but I bought mine used...
Recently I've read through the Old English and Middle English periods, and they have a good selection for each period. I especially like the Middle English texts that are preserved in the original. I wish that I had the code to the online content, but I bought mine used...
I read it; I taught it. Good choices of lit, for the most part.
For me, Norton is one of the top publishers around, and this is an excellent anthology. Very nice edition - something I know I'll use either for reference or just some fun.
This book is very useful as an anthology for undergraduate studies - as a reference tool, it has proved invaluable for getting quick references, from the early works (Chaucer, Spenser, etc.) to the eighteenth century. Because my copy is a combination of four individual books, it also saves some shelf space, making it quite the doorstopper, but, in the long run, making it necessary. It is recommended for first year undergraduates in English.
Some essays need DEI adjustment, pretty sad given my edition is from 2018.
This is one of the books I need to read for my studies. A must-have, excellent source of information since not only pure English literature is included but comments and explanations as well.
Read from this anthology:
The Wanderer
Caedmon's Hymn
Beowulf
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
King Lear
The Wanderer
Caedmon's Hymn
Beowulf
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
King Lear
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M. H. Abrams, 1912 - 2015 Meyer Howard Abrams was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on July 23, 1912. He received a B.A. in English from Harvard University in 1934. He won a Henry fellowship to Cambridge University in 1935. He returned to Harvard University, where he received a Masters' degree in 1937 and a Ph. D. in 1940. He joined the Cornell show more University faculty in 1945 and taught a popular introductory survey class. While at Cornell in the 1950s, he was asked by publisher W. W. Norton to lead a team of editors compiling excerpts of vital English works. The first edition of the Norton Anthology came out in 1962. Abrams stayed on through seven editions. He was also the author of a popular Glossary of Literary Terms, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition, Natural Supernaturalism, The Milk of Paradise, and the essay collection The Fourth Dimension of a Poem. In 2014, he received a National Arts Medal for "expanding our perceptions of the Romantic tradition and broadening the study of literature." He died on April 21, 2015 at the age of 102. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1
- Original publication date
- 1962 (copyright) (copyright); 1968 (revised edition) (revised edition); 1993 (sixth edition) (sixth edition); 2000 (seventh edition) (seventh edition)
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 820.8
- Canonical LCC
- PR1109
- Disambiguation notice
- STOP! This is a generic record for multiple editions of volume 1 of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Middle Ages through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century.
Please do not combine with othe... (show all)r volumes of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, or with other editions.
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- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 820.8 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures Collections of literary texts in more than one form
- LCC
- PR1109 — Language and Literature English English Literature Collections of English literature
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- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 22
- ASINs
- 15