The Norton Anthology of World Literature

The Norton Anthology of World Literature

Read by millions of students since its first publication, The Norton Anthology of World Literature remains the most-trusted anthology of world literature available. Guided by the advice of more than 500 teachers of world literature and a panel of regional specialists, the editors of the Third Edition--a completely new team of scholar-teachers--have made this respected text brand-new in all the best ways. Dozens of new selections and translations, all-new introductions and headnotes, hundreds of new illustrations, redesigned maps and timelines, and a wealth of media resources all add up to the most exciting, accessible, and teachable version of "the Norton" ever published.The Norton Anthology of World Literature is now available as an interactive ebook, at just a fraction of the print price.
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den@yeoreum
4 stars
Jan 31, 2025

i read:

/ saadat hasan manto, “toba tek singh”

/ mahmoud darwish, “identity card”

/ clarice lispector, “the daydreams of a drunk woman”

/ james joyce, “the dead”

/ franz kafka, “the metamorphosis”

/ julio cortázar, “the house taken over”

/ albert camus, “the guest”

/ mahasweta devi, “giribala”

/ samuel beckett, “endgame”

/ seamus heaney, “digging” and “punishment”

/ fernando pessoa, “the tobacco shop”

/ william butler yeats, “the second coming” and “sailing to byzantium”

/ rainer maria rilke, “archaic torso of apollo”


wanted to read more but i only borrowed this book for my class until the last day of the semester so i had to return it! :(

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Judy Hudgins@knottyneedle
3 stars
Oct 18, 2021

Highlights

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Giorgio@moro

Ivan Ilyich knew in the very depths of his soul that he was dying but not only could he not get accustomed to this, he simply didn’t understand it; he just couldn’t understand it.