The Norton anthology of English literature / Book :
Stephen Greenblatt, general editor, M.H. Abrams, founding editor.
- Ninth Edition
- xxviii, 1887-3068 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm. 1 eBook access card
- F .
Complete in 6 volumes. Issued in 2 volumes up until the 9th edition. The 9th edition includes a 2 volume set and an expanded 6 volume set. Each set is represented by a distinct, separate record. Volumes A,B,C are the expanded version of Norton anthology of English literature, Volume 1, 9th ed. Volumes A,B,C are available indiviually or as package 1 in a 3 volume cased set. Volumes D,E,F are the expanded version of Norton anthology of English literature, Volume 2, 9th ed. Volumes D,E,F are available indiviually or as package 2 in a 3 volume cased set. LC holds only Volume B in the collection.
The ninth edition offers more complete works, more teachable groupings than ever before and the apparatus teachers trust. Read by more than 8 million students, The Norton Anthology of English Literature sets the standard. New longer texts include: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' in Simon Armitage's new translation, Sidney's 'Defense of Poetry', Wycherley's 'The Country Wife', Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', Woolf's 'Mrs Dalloway' and Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' (exclusive to Norton).