The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces
10 best books like The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces (Maynard Mack): Selected Stories, The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, Contemporary American Poetry, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The New American Poetry, 1945-1960, The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English, Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology
| Author | Xun Lu |
| ISBN | 0393008487 |
"When I was young I, too, had many dreams. Most of them came to be forgotten, but I see nothing in this to regret. For although recalling the past may make you happy, it may sometimes also make you lonely, and there is no point in clinging in spirit to lonely bygone days. However, my trouble is that I cannot...
| Author | Perry Miller |
| ISBN | 0674613066 |
The biographical summary of Miller is interesting. A man who got his PhD in an era where 1 year of undergrad work, followed by three years of grad work after a hiatus traveling the world, could quite directly land tenure at Harvard. One thinks of Miller as a tweedy Harvard professor in the "consensus" era...
| Author | M.H. Abrams |
| ISBN | 0393925323 |
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 has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six...
| Author | Richard Bausch |
| ISBN | 0393926117 |
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction is a great place to start to get a sense for the landscape of the short story historically and across continents. Sure, you might take issue with some inclusions (Why this story? Why this author?) and some exclusions, but there is plenty here to learn from and get exposed...
| Author | A. Poulin Jr. |
| ISBN | 0395745322 |
I own many books of poetry and a few poetry anthologies. It is rare that an anthology includes all of the poets whose work I admire, but this is one of those. As is the case for many anthologies, for those who are looking for samples of more experimental work, this is not for you. This includes the typical major...
| Author | Richard Ellmann |
| ISBN | 0393956369 |
Welcome to the graveyard of forgotten poets. About half of these poets have been obliterated from discussions, another third hangs on as historically important, and about 20% heralded as Ist-icons of other some -Ism. Although Norton has selected a number of the most topical and respected poets of...
| Author | Donald M. Allen |
| ISBN | 0520209532 |
With more than 100,000 copies sold, The New American Poetry has become one of the most influential anthologies published in the United States since World War II. As one of the first counter-cultural collections of American verse, this volume fits in Robert Lowell's famous definition of the raw in American...
| Author | Nellie Y. McKay |
| ISBN | 0393977781 |
Welcomed on publication as "brilliant, definitive, and a joy to teach from," The Norton Anthology of African American Literature was adopted at more than 1,275 colleges and universities worldwide. Now, the new Second Edition offers these highlights.
This landmark anthology includes...
| Author | Sandra M. Gilbert |
| ISBN | 0393968251 |
This book is a fantastic resource, not just for the literature itself, but really for the chapters the authors wrote the historical/literary context for each era. Those sections alone are worth reading as a sort of separate work from the literature itself.
Another fascinating thing about...
What can I say? This is a must-have book for anyone who wants ALL their lit theory bases covered. This collection culls short stories and excerpts from novels and culminates with a section on postmodernist theory itself. My favorites so far are the stories from Walter Abish, David Foster Wallace, Ishmael...
"The Book of Love" piece in the goodreads' newsletter reminded me of this wonderful anthology--which I purchased in a travel shop in Barcelona during the Summer of 1990. I anticipated that the various narratives found in the collection would teach me more about American history. But, what surprised...
| Author | W.B. Yeats |
| ISBN | 0743227980 |
Throughout his long life, William Butler Yeats -- Irish writer and premier lyric poet in English in this century -- produced important works in every literary genre, works of astonishing range, energy, erudition, beauty, and skill. His early poetry is memorable and moving. His poems and plays of middle...
Literature: The Human Experience
| Author | Richard Abcarian |
| ISBN | 0312436513 |
A proven classroom favorite for more than three decades, this anthology continues to appeal to students and instructors with its broad range of enticing stories, poems, plays, and essays and its flexible structure. The arrangement by both theme and genre encourages students to think deeply about...
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| ISBN | 0345238591 |
When the American bomber crashed in the jungles of enemy-held Sumatra, the survivors faced the perils of a completely unknown world...and the RAF colonel who had flown with them as observer seemed to compound their danger by going mad—stripping to a loincloth and throwing away his weapons except...
The American Heritage College Dictionary
| Author | American Heritage |
| ISBN | 0395671612 |
okay, here's how this "review" is going to go. this is the dictionary i used for my etymology class back in undergrad, so i have read this inasmuch as anyone "reads" a dictionary
so it's totally valid for my little project.
to celebrate dinovember, and to make kaethe happy,...
