Pre-Owned The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Hardcover) by Stephen Greenblatt, Carol T Christ, Deidre Shauna Lynch

9780393927153. New condition. Hard cover. 8th ed. Language: English. Pages: 3009. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 3009 p. Norton Anthology of English Literature, 2. 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 Heaney's 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.