The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 2

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 2 by Abrams, Meyer H. (editor). hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780393962895.

The Sixth Edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature continues to be the indispensable anthology. Like its predecessors, the Sixth Edition offers the best in English literature from the classic to the contemporary in a readable, teachable format. More selections by women and twentieth-century writers, a richer offering of contextual writings, apparatus fully revised to reflect todays scholarship, and a new larger trim size make the Sixth Edition the choice for breadth, depth, and quality. The Editors M. H. Abrams, General Editor, Emeritus, Cornell University E. Talbot Donaldson, Late of Indiana University Alfred David, Emeritus, Indiana University Hallett Smith, Formerly with The Huntington Library Barbara K. Lewalski, Harvard University Robert M. Adams, Late of University of California, Los Angeles George M. Logan, Queens University Samuel Holt Monk, Late of the University of Minnesota Lawrence Lipking, Northwestern University Jack Stillinger, University of Illinois George H. Ford, Late of the University of Rochester Carol T. Christ, University of California at Berkeley David Daiches, Emeritus, University of Sussex Jon Stallworthy, Oxford University New in the sixth edition of Volume 2: The Romantic Period A major addition is a selection of Lord Byrons incomparable letters, as well as his poem "On this day I complete my thirty sixth year." Sir Walter Scotts fine short story "The Two Drovers" and two new poems fittingly expand the representation of this major Romantic writer. Doubling the number of Romantic lyric poets are, newly anthologized, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Charlotte Smith, William Lisle Bowles, Joanna Baillie, and Felicia Dorothea Hemans. The Victorian Age Selections from Elizabeth Barrett Brownings "Aurora Leigh" have been almost doubled. From George Eliots "The Mill on the Floss" come the first five chapters, a self-contained section on Maggie Tullivers childhood. New also are Christina Rossettis engaging poem "Promises Like Pie-Crust," Oscar Wildes "The Critic as Artist," and excerpts from John Ruskins autobiography "Praeterita." The much-assigned section of "Victorian Issues" on "The Woman Question" has been expanded with selections from Coventry Patmores "Angel in the House" and Harriet Martineaus "Autobiography." The Twentieth Century Virginia Woolfs "A Room of Ones Own," a cornerstone of feminist criticism, is now included in its entirety and her short story "The Legacy" has been added, allowing Woolf to be taught as the major writer she is. Katherine Mansfield is now represented by a second story, "The Garden-Party," and George Orwells powerful "Shooting an Elephant" joins his "Politics and the English Language." Newly anthologized are Nadine Gordimer and Fleur Adcock, whose work further extends the geographical reach of the anthology, Contemporary poetry is strengthened by additional poems by Seamus Heaney and Philip Larkin. In addition, the entire text has been redesigned and reset for easier reading.