Overview
Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published. Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies—thorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possible—The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool.
"The Major Authors Edition aims to enable its readers to gauge the achievement of the principal authors it represents by providing generous samplings of their most characteristic and brilliant work. We have tried, wherever possible, not to give a brief glimpse but rather to facilitate a satisfying, sustained engagement with each writer. But we have also included some individual works whose compelling interest merits representation in these pages. . . . By the designation "major authors, " the editors call attention to an unusual power to excite and reward with close reading. Our grasp of this—our notion of where to look for it, how to identify it, and what to do when we find it—does not stand still."
—from the Preface
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