Highlights
101 new poems
New poems include works by Louise Bogan, Eavan Boland, Alan Bold, Fred Chappell, Kelly Cherry, Marilyn Chin, Billy Collins, Martha Collins, Greg Delanty, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Stephen Dunn, Bob Dylan, James A. Emanuel, David Ferry, Robert Frost, Emily Grosholz, Thom Gunn, Robert Hayden, Seamus Heaney, Andrew Hudgins, Langston Hughes, Ted Hughes, John Keats, Henry King, August Kleinzahler, Yusef Komunyakaa, Maxine Kumin, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Gail Mazur, James Merrill, Paul Muldoon, Marilyn Nelson, Sharon Olds, Willie Perdomo, Bob Perelman, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Christina Rossetti, Mary Jo Salter, Daniel Tobin, Karen Volkman, Derek Walcott, Phyllis Wheatley, C. K. Williams, and W. B. Yeats, among others.
Flexible Organization
The Norton Introduction to Poetry accommodates most teaching styles and tastes—from New Critical to literary-historical.
Unique Emphasis on Poetry in Context
"Exploring Context" chapters provide a thorough introduction to the authorial, cultural, and textual contexts in which poetry can be read and understood.
Ample, Varied Selections
The Norton Introduction to Poetry draws deeply from the traditional canon while exposing students to the work of emerging and contemporary poets.
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