The Norton Introduction to Literature


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The Norton Introduction to Literature presents an engaging, balanced selection of literature to suit any course. Offering a thorough treatment of historical and critical context, the most comprehensive media package available, and a rich suite of tools to encourage close reading and thoughtful writing, the Shorter Twelfth Edition is unparalleled in its guidance of understanding, analyzing, and writing about literature.







The Norton Anthology of American Literature


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Includes outstanding works of American poetry, prose, and fiction from the Colonial era to the present day.




The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism


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More comprehensive and up-to-date than ever before




The Norton Anthology of English Literature


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The Major Authors Ninth Edition provides new selections and visual and media support, plus a new, free Supplemental Ebook. Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies, and with the apparatus you trust, The Norton Anthology of English Literature sets the standard and remains an unmatched value.




The Norton Anthology of African American Literature


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An exciting revision of the best-selling anthology for African American literary survey courses.




The Norton Shakespeare


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Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works. Instructors and students worldwide welcomed the fresh scholarship, lively and accessible introductions, helpful marginal glosses and notes, readable single-column format, all designed in support of the goal of the Oxford text: to bring the modern reader closer than before possible to Shakespeare's plays as they were first acted. Now, under Stephen Greenblatt's direction, the editors have considered afresh each introduction and all of the apparatus to make the Second Edition an even better teaching tool.










The Norton Introduction to Fiction


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New Stories. Balanced attention to text and context. Substantive help with reading and writing.