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British Poetry

1. Edmund Spenser's Poetry

   Edmund Spenser, Anne Lake Prescott, Andrew Hadfield

   Fourth Edition

   Edmund Spenser’s Poetry is now available in a revised and updated Norton Critical Edition.More

2. Wordsworth's Poetry and Prose

   William Wordsworth, Nicholas Halmi

   The most accessible edition of Wordsworth’s poetry and prose, prepared to meet the needs of both students and scholars.More

3. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors

   Stephen Greenblatt, Carol T. Christ, Alfred David, Et Al.

   Ninth Edition / Volume(s): Two-Volume Set

   The most-trusted literature anthology.More

4. The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation

   Geoffrey Chaucer, Sheila Fisher

   "A truly remarkable achievement." —Barry UnsworthMore

5. The Norton Anthology of English Literature

   Stephen Greenblatt, Carol T. Christ, Alfred David, Et Al.

   Ninth Edition / Volume(s): 1 / Middle Ages:Restoration and Eighteenth Century

   The most-trusted literature anthology of all time, now in its 50th year.More

6. Byron's Poetry and Prose

   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

7. Keats's Poetry and Prose

   John Keats, Jeffrey N. Cox

   This Norton Critical Edition seeks to return Keats—one of the most beloved poets of the English language—to his cultural moment by tracking his emergence as a public poet.More

8. Blake's Poetry and Designs

   William Blake, John E. Grant, Mary Lynn Johnson

   Second Edition

   The Second Edition of this revered Norton Critical Edition is the most comprehensive introduction to Blake’s poetry and thought available.More

9. John Donne's Poetry

   John Donne, Donald R. Dickson

   “Donald Dickson's John Donne's Poetry is the best text of Donne now available. It is scrupulously edited, and equally useful for students and for scholars.”—Harold Bloom, Yale UniversityMore

10. Robert Browning's Poetry

    Robert Browning, James F. Loucks, Andrew M. Stauffer

    Second Edition

    The Second Edition of this substantial collection of Browning’s poetry again reprints the texts of the seventeen-volume “Fourth and complete edition” (Smith, Elder), of which all but the final volume were approved by Browning before his death.More

11. Dream Visions and Other Poems

    Geoffrey Chaucer, Kathyrn L. Lynch

    This Norton Critical Edition presents Chaucer’s four dream visions and selected shorter poems and is suitable for both beginning and advanced students.More

12. Piers Plowman

    William Langland, Elizabeth Robertson, Stephen H. A. Shepherd

    Piers Plowman is one of the most significant works of medieval literature.More

13. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt

    College Edition

    Stephen Greenblatt, esteemed scholar and General Editor of the newly published Eighth Edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, brings Shakespeare’s world alive in this acclaimed biography, now available as a college paperback with 12 color plates and access to online commentary and discussion questions.More

14. The Norton Anthology of English Literature

    Stephen Greenblatt, M. H. Abrams, Alfred David, Et Al.

    Eighth Edition / Volume(s): 1 / Middle Ages:Restoration and Eighteenth Century

    Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published.More

15. Seventeenth-Century British Poetry, 1603-1660

    John P. Rumrich, Gregory Chaplin

    Twenty-nine poets writing from the 1603 ascension of James I, the first Stuart King, and the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, are included in this Norton Critical Edition.More