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Irish Literature

1. The Essential Writings of Jonathan Swift

   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

2. Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama

   John P. Harrington

   Second Edition

   Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama is the ideal focal point for the study of Irish literature and culture and, because of its many great twentieth-century works, for the study of drama more generally.More

3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

   James Joyce, John Paul Riquelme

   A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is one of the twentieth century’s great coming-of-age novels.More

4. The Picture of Dorian Gray

   Oscar Wilde, Michael Patrick Gillespie

   Second Edition

   This Norton Critical Edition is the only edition available that includes both the 1890 Lippincott’s and the 1891 book versions of The Picture of Dorian Gray, allowing students to compare the two published versions with the editorial guidance of Michael Patrick Gillespie.More

5. Dubliners

   James Joyce, Margot Norris

   Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has been since its publication in 1914.More

6. The Importance of Being Earnest

   Oscar Wilde, Michael Patrick Gillespie

   The text of this Norton Critical Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest is the established three-act version. Originally in four acts, Wilde shortened it to three at the urging of George Alexander, the owner of the St. James Theatre and first actor to play Jack Worthing. The play is accompanied by explanatory annotations and by an appendix of excised portions.More

7. George Bernard Shaw's Plays

   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

8. Yeats's Poetry, Drama, and Prose

   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

9. Dracula

   Bram Stoker, Nina Auerbach, David J. Skal

   This Norton Critical Edition presents fully annotated the text of the 1897 First Edition.More

10. Gulliver's Travels

    Jonathan Swift, Albert J. Rivero

    This new edition of Swift's satiric classic is based on the 1726 text—the edition textual scholars now consider the most authoritative.More

11. The Writings of Jonathan Swift

    Jonathan Swift, Robert A. Greenberg, William B. Piper

    This volume contains the complete and definitive texts of virtually all of Swift's major works, as well as a generous selection of his poetry and other writings.More