British Literature

1. Howards End

   E. M. Forster, Paul B. Armstrong

   The text is that of the first English edition (1910), published by Edward Arnold. It is accompanied by textual annotations and a textual appendix.More

2. North and South

   Elizabeth Gaskell, Alan Shelston

   A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell’s place in the company of Victorian England’s finest novelists.More

3. Mary Barton

   Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Recchio

   Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the nineteenth century’s most significant novelists, was widely held to be the social conscience of Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution.More

4. The Return of the Native

   Thomas Hardy, Phillip Mallett

   Second Edition

   This Second Edition reprints the text of the authoritative 1912 Macmillan Wessex Edition.More

5. Far from the Madding Crowd

   Thomas Hardy, Robert C. Schweik

   This Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1912 Wessex edition, emended to correct errors which have crept into the text from the manuscript onward.More

6. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

   Thomas Hardy, Scott Elledge

   Third Edition

   This Third Edition of Tess of the D'Urbervilles introduces the highly praised 1983 Clarendon text edited by Juliet Grindle and Simon Gatrell.More

7. The Mayor of Casterbridge

   Thomas Hardy, Phillip Mallett

   Second Edition

   The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author.More

8. Jude the Obscure

   Thomas Hardy, Norman Page

   Second Edition

   The text reprinted in this volume is based on Hardy’s final revision for the 1912 Wessex Edition and includes his Preface and Postscript.More

9. 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

10. George Herbert and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Poets

    George Herbert, Mario A. Di Cesare

    This volume presents the major works of five poets—George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan, and Thomas Traherne.More

11. Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes, Richard Flathman, David Johnston

    This Norton Critical Edition of arguably the greatest work of political theory written in the English language contains the bulk of Hobbes's treatise, including all chapters except those of interest primarily to professional historical scholars.More

12. Middle English Lyrics

    Richard L. Hoffman, Maxwell S. Luria

    This Norton Critical Edition offers one of the largest collections of Middle English lyrics ever made available to the college student.More

13. Beowulf: A Prose Translation

    Nicholas Howe, E. Talbot Donaldson

    Second Edition

    The text of this edition of Beowulf is based on the highly regarded Donaldson prose translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.More

14. Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques

    Ben Jonson, Richard L. Harp

    Second Edition

    This collection features three of Jonson's masterpieces: Volpone, Epicoene, and The Alchemist.More

15. Ben Jonson and the Cavalier Poets

    Ben Jonson, Hugh Maclean

    This volume offers an abundant and representative selection of the verse of Ben Jonson and the Cavalier poets.More