Elizabeth Scala
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David Lawton
Vibrant, innovative, accessibleMore
David Lawton
A vibrant edition brings Chaucer's complete works to lifeMore
Benjamin R. Foster
Second Edition
“This scrupulous new translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh manages to convey much of the archaic power and even something of the occasional humor of the ancient Mesopotamian poem. What is especially valuable is that the translators, by collating passages from the different ancient versions of this epic that have survived only in fragments, have made available many vivid narrative episodes that will be new to most English readers of the poem.”
—Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley
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Second Edition
“Accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right.” —New York Times Book Review
“Excellent ancillary materials in this critical edition make a potentially alienating text and culture accessible and engaging.” —Tim Melnarik, California State University, San Bernardino
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Sixth Edition
A responsive and media-rich revision of the best-selling anthology of poetry in EnglishMore
Adrienne Rich, Albert Gelpi, Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi, Et Al.
Second Edition
“This absolutely exquisite selection of a major poet’s best poetry is a tribute to both her and the editors as well as a deep service to literate humanity.” —ALBERT WACHTEL, Pitzer College
“I do use your edition of Rich each time I teach my women writers course. It’s essential!” —JOELLEN DELUCIA, Central Michigan University
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Joseph Kelly
Fourth Edition
Inspire and engage at an affordable priceMore
Juana Inés de la Cruz, Edith Grossman, Anna More
A wealth of background and analytical material makes Sor Juana's proto-feminist writings, newly translated, all the more compelling.More
Marie de France, Dorothy Gilbert
Marie de France’s beautiful poems of courtly love, enchantment, and mystery are now available in a Norton Critical Edition.More
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
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
Paul Hoover
Second Edition
A new edition of this groundbreaking anthology revisits postmodernism as a twenty-first-century movement.More
Marie Borroff
Of the five poems contained in this book, two are acknowledged masterpieces. The plot of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an Arthurian romance, brilliantly interweaves elements of suspense and high comedy.More
Ovid, Charles Martin
In his award-winning translation, Charles Martin combines fidelity to Ovid’s text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original.More