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
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
Molière, Constance Congdon, Virginia Scott
Widely hailed as the founder of the modern French comedy, and known to be a gifted actor, playwright, and patron of fellow actors, Molière was a towering presence in seventeenth-century France—and the scourge of its political and religious Establishment.More
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
Anton Chekhov, Laurence Senelick
"The most complete collection of the Russian playwright's repertoire."—VogueMore
William Shakespeare, Grace Ioppolo
This Norton Critical Edition is based on the Folio text of King Lear (carefully corrected prior to its printing in 1623). The editor has interpolated the best-known and most-often discussed passages from Quarto I (including the “mock-trial” scene) as is fully explained in both “A Note on the Text” and the annotations that accompany the play.More
Samuel Crowl
A lively, concise introduction to film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays from the silent era to the present, Shakespeare and Film pays particular attention to the most influential directors' cinematic portrayals of the plays, offering insightful close readings of the elements of film—camera work, editing, music, acting, montage, among others—that students can use as models for their own writing and analysis.More
Joachim Neugroschel
In this collection of fictional writings, the Golem of Jewish folklore is both hero and villain.More
Irvine Welsh, Dean Cavanagh
If you put four dwarfs in a room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears.More
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
William Shakespeare, Leah S. Marcus
The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism.More
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
Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine, Et Al.
"A celebration of literary genius framed by 20th-century tragedy."--Richard Bernstein, New York TimesMore
Stephen Greenblatt
"So engrossing, clearheaded, and lucid that its arrival is not just welcome but cause for celebration."—Dan Cryer, NewsdayMore
Christopher Marlowe, David Scott Kastan
Renaissance England’s great tragedy of intellectual overreaching is as relevant and unsettling today as it was when first performed at the end of the sixteenth century.More