Ovid, Charles Martin
In his award-winning translation, Charles Martin combines fidelity to Ovid’s text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original.More
Marie Borroff, Laura L. Howes
This long-awaited Norton Critical Edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight includes Marie Borroff’s celebrated, newly revised verse translation with supporting materials not to be found in any other single volume.More
Daniyal Mueenuddin
Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction: “The rural rootedness and gentle humour of R.K. Narayan with the literary sophistication and stylishness of Jhumpa Lahiri.”—Financial TimesMore
William Shakespeare, Grace Ioppolo
This Norton Critical Edition looks at the full range of opinion and interpretation of this major play from its origins to the present day, from its “genius” (William Hazlitt) to its being a “hateful work, although Shakespearean throughout” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), and beyond.More
Boethius, Douglas C. Langston
One of the most influential texts to come out of the late Middle Ages.More
Jonathan Swift, Claude Rawson, Ian Higgins
This Norton Critical Edition is the fullest single-volume collection of Jonathan Swift's writings, encompassing not only the major prose satires—A Tale of the Tub, Gulliver’s Travels, and A Modest Proposal—but also a large number of other works, including his most important poems and political writings. The texts are accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations by Ian Higgins, thirty illustrations, and a full introduction by Claude Rawson. This is an indispensable edition for scholar and student alike.More
Lord George Gordon Byron, Alice Levine
Byron's Poetry and Prose presents an extensive selection of Byron's poetry, letters, and journal entries in chronological clusters, allowing readers to see the changes that took place in his writing in the context of the places he lived and his fame, exile, and travels.More
Richard Bullock
Second Edition with 2009 MLA Updates
Easy to use, flexible, and a great value—The Norton Field Guide to Writing is the most successful new rhetoric in a generation. Now in a second edition.More
Richard Bullock, Francine Weinberg
Second Edition with 2009 MLA Updates
The most successful new rhetoric in a generation, now in a version with a handbook—everything students need to write and edit all the kinds of writing they’re expected to do.More
Thomas Cooley
A fresh take on the modes, showing that they are used in texts of all
kinds, not just in essays written for first-year composition—and that
they are central to all the writing, speaking, and thinking that we do.More
Jacob Riis, Hasia R. Diner
How the Other Half Lives occupies a premier place on a small list of American books—along with Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, and Unsafe at Any Speed—that changed public opinion, influenced public policy, and left an indelible mark on history.More
William Shakespeare, Dympna Callaghan
This Norton Critical Edition of one of Shakespeare’s earliest and best-loved comedies is based on the First Folio (1623).More
Mary Wollstonecraft, Deidre Shauna Lynch
Third Edition
Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work.More
Andre Dubus, III
“So good, so damn compulsively readable, that I can hardly believe it.” —Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyMore
Sarah Lawall, Jerome W. Clinton, Francis Abiola Irele, Et Al.
Shorter Second Edition / Volume(s): 1 & 2
A compact and portable version of the best-selling and most-trusted world literature anthology, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Second Edition, is a rich and teachable selection of the world’s literature, in generous portions and the best translations available.More