The Norton Anthology of English Literature

The Norton Anthology of English Literature
Cover of eighth edition
LanguageEnglish
GenreAnthology, English literature
Published1962
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication placeUnited States

The Norton Anthology of English Literature is an anthology of English literature published by W. W. Norton & Company, one of several such compendiums. First published in 1962, it has gone through ten editions; as of 2006 there are over eight million copies in print, making it the publisher's best-selling anthology.[1] M. H. Abrams, a critic and scholar of Romanticism, served as General Editor for its first seven editions, before handing the job to Stephen Greenblatt, a Shakespeare scholar and Harvard professor. The anthology provides an overview of poetry, drama, prose fiction, essays, and letters from Beowulf to the beginning of the 21st century.

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