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NEW! Media Companion
Building on the classroom success of the Audio Companion, the new Media Companion to accompany The Norton Anthology of English Literature provides a wealth of print and electronic media—full-color paintings and illustrations, vocal and instrumental music, spoken-word performances, and more—to enhance your students’ reading of English literature.
- Visual Art
A 32-page pamphlet includes over 70 four-color plates, accompanied by lively and informative captions that tie the images to literary works in The Norton Anthology. The accompanying CD-ROM includes over 250 annotated images sized for classroom projection. - Music
Over 35 musical selections (more than 90 minutes) representing key musical styles and forms, from the sacred and secular music of the Middle Ages to Stravinsky and Britten in the modern period. Annotations provide helpful historical and cultural contexts for listening. - Audio Performances
Over 30 readings and performances, including passages of Old English and Middle English poems, poems in dialect, and readings by contemporary poets, notably a generous selection of Beowulf read by Seamus Heaney. - Norton Topics Online
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Over 175 literary, cultural, and historical texts, grouped into 28 thematic topics, plus over 250 Explorations (hyperlinked research and discussion questions), hundreds of annotated Web links, outline-style reviews of the historical periods, and self-grading quizzes. More information below. - Norton Online Archive
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More than 150 downloadable literary texts. More information below. - Maps
20 archival and contemporary maps of the British Isles, London, Europe, and the British Empire. - Literary Terms
A glossary of more than 70 frequently used (and frequently confused) literary terms. - How to Use these Materials
Suggestions for integrating the CD-ROM and Web-based materials in a survey or period course using The Norton Anthology. - Media Index
Over 400 items and terms searchable by type of media and historical period.
The Media Companion will be packaged free with new copies of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Seventh Edition—Volumes 1 and 2, clothbound, paperbound, and 3-split packages; and The Major Authors, Seventh Edition, clothbound, paperbound, and 2-split packages.
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NEW! Norton Topics Online
Prepared by the anthology editors, this extensive Web resource for The Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revised and redesigned. The site offers 28 topics for study—four per period—along with over 1,000 illustrations, 10-15 study questions per topic, links to related sites, and cross references to the anthology.
The Norton Online Archive
An electronic archive of over 150 texts to supplement The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Seventh Edition.
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