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Seven years ago, W. W. Norton changed the way world literature is taught by introducing The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition. Leading the field once again, Norton is proud to publish the anthology for the new century, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Second Edition. Now published in six paperback volumes (packaged in two attractive slipcase...more
Published July 16th 2003 by W. W. Norton & Company
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I am required by my department to teach from these anthologies, and I detest it. These anthologies would be fine for high school, but I resent not being trusted to select my own texts at the college level. More to the point of reviewing them: beware, young readers, beware! World Literature does not come from an anthology. Are we really to believe that on p.900 we can 'read' a Native American chant? What are the problems inherent in selection? Let's include a few women, but not too many! A few no...more
Honestly, I did not read this anthology cover to cover. But, I did use a different edition in my Honors Humanities class (high school seniors). I thought the stories were well chosen and translated overall. I would have liked to have seen the Bible creation story in there since there are creation stories from other eras to compare it too.
The sections picked for excerpts with Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and others were also well chosen. My students were still able to follow the stories with ease and und...more
The sections picked for excerpts with Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and others were also well chosen. My students were still able to follow the stories with ease and und...more
Even though this was required reading for certain literature classes, I still go back once in awhile and re-read my favorites, like The Odessy, Beowulf, etc. It's nice to have a single set of volumes for the classics that I enjoy.
*It's a school thing.*
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Meyer Howard Abrams is an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. In a powerful contrast, Abrams shows that until the Romantics, literature was usually understood as a mirror, reflecting the real world, in some kind of mimesis; but for the Romantics, writing was more like a lamp: the light of the writer's inner soul spilled out to i...more