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16th Century British Literature

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. 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

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

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

   Ninth Edition / Volume(s): Volume 1 / The Middle Ages : The Restoration and 18th Century

   The most-trusted literature anthology.More

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

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

   Ninth Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume

   The most-trusted literature anthology.More

5. The Norton Anthology of English Literature

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

   Ninth Edition / Volume(s): Package 1: A, B, C / Middle Ages:Restoration and Eighteenth Century

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

6. 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

7. The Norton Anthology of English Literature

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

   Ninth Edition / Volume(s): B / The 16th and Early 17th Centuries

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

8. The Roaring Girl

   Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, Jennifer Panek

   Middleton and Dekker’s comic triumph is as relevant today as when it was first performed in 1611. With its helpful annotations, historical documents on cross dressing and on the colorful Mary Frith (the real-life model for Moll Cutpurse), and wealth of scholarly interpretations, this Norton Critical Edition brings The Roaring Girl to life for today’s reader.More

9. Milton's Selected Poetry and Prose

   John Milton, Jason P. Rosenblatt

   Additional information is forthcoming.

10. Utopia

    Thomas More, George M. Logan, Robert M. Adams

    Third Edition

    Inspiring, provocative, prophetic, and enigmatic, Utopia is the literary masterpiece of a visionary statesman and one of the most influential books of the modern world.More

11. The Taming of the Shrew

    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

12. Richard III

    William Shakespeare, Thomas Cartelli

    In The Tragedy of King Richard III, Shakespeare chronicles the rise and fall of one of history’s most repellent, and the theater’s most mesmerizing, figures.More

13. The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition: Essential Plays / The Sonnets

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, Et Al.

    Second Edition

    The Norton Shakespeare: Essential Plays / The Sonnets offers the twenty most-assigned plays and all the sonnets in a compact, portable, and value-priced paperback with a host of features.More

14. Elizabeth I and Her Age

    Susan M. Felch, Donald V. Stump

    Four centuries after her death, Elizabeth I remains a powerful and fascinating figure.More

15. The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, Et Al.

    Second Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume Clothbound

    Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works.More