num_pages: 3072
description: Paperback. Pub Date :2013-12-11 Pages: 3052 Language: English Publisher: WW Norton &amp; Company A best-seller for more than forty years. this is the survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. With 274 authors. the Eighth Edition deepens its representation of essential works in all genres. ranging from Seamus Heaneys translation of Beowulf to global twentieth-century classics. Over 75 colour plates and thematic clusters of brief and historically significant texts bring to life the cultural concerns of each period. Concise glosses and annotations. period introductions. biographical headnotes. timelines and selected bibliographies help readers understand and enjoy the rich diversity of English literature.
language: English
title: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century
titlecomplete: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century
genres: Short Stories, School, Reference, Literature, Poetry, Textbooks, English Literature, Classics, Anthologies, Fiction
ratings_count: 3482
series: Norton Anthology of English Literature
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company