Sarah Lawall, Maynard Mack, Jerome W. Clinton, Et Al.
Second Edition / Volume(s): Package 1: Vols. A, B, C / Beginnings to 1650
Nine years ago, W. W. Norton changed the way world literature is taught by introducing The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition.More
Henrik Ibsen, Brian Johnston
Ibsen ascended to the first ranks of European writers in the late nineteenth century and has remained there ever since.More
Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine, Et Al.
"Amazing not only as literature but as biography."—Richard Bernstein, The New York TimesMore
Wole Soyinka, Simon Gikandi
This Norton Critical Edition of Death and the King's Horseman is the only student edition available in the United States. Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's acclaimed and powerful play addresses classic issues of cultural conflict, tragic decision-making, and the psychological mindsets of individuals and groups. The text of the play is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory annotations for the many allusions to traditional Nigerian myth and culture.More
George Bernard Shaw, Sandie Byrne
Second Edition
This collection presents a cross-section of Shaw's most important
theater work—Mrs. Warren's Profession, Man and Superman, Major Barbara,
and Pygmalion.More
Biodun Jeyifo
The first truly continentally representative collection of modern African drama in any language, this Norton Critical Edition includes plays from Egypt, Algeria, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya.More
Baldesar Castiglione, Daniel Javitch, Charles S. Singleton
The Book of the Courtier (1528) is a series of fictional conversations by courtiers of the Duke of Urbino that takes place in 1507, while Castiglione was himself attaché to the Duke.More
Benjamin R. Foster
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world’s oldest epic masterpiece.More
Olaudah Equiano, Werner Sollors
The text of Equiano’s narrative presented here is that of the 1789 first edition.More
Jack Zipes
The first edition of its kind, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition is
indispensable for students of fairy tales.More
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Michael R. Katz
Second Edition
The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz’s acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers.More
William Butler Yeats, James Pethica
This brand new collection, impeccably edited by James Pethica, presents
a comprehensive selection of Yeats's major contributions in poetry,
drama, prose fiction, autobiography, and criticism.More
Miguel de Cervantes, Diana de Armas Wilson, Burton Raffel
The text reprinted here is based on award-winning translator Burton
Raffel’s masterful translation of Don Quijote, which is consistent,
fluid, and modeled closely on the original Spanish.More
Maria Tatar
Fairy tales shape our cultures and enrich our imaginations; their narrative stability and cultural durability are incontestable.More
Jean Rhys, Judith L. Raiskin
Written over the course of twenty-one years and published in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea, based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, takes place in Jamaica and Dominica in 1839–45.More