The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Paperback]

Sarah N. Lawall (Author), Diana De Armas Wilson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0393989542 | ISBN-13: 978-0393989540 | Publication Date: January 1999 | Edition: 7

A selection of Western literature containing only works written originally in the ancient and modern foreign languages.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Maynard Mack is Sterling Professor of English Emeritus at Yale University.

Patricia Meyer Spacks, Ph.D. Berkeley, is Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Her publications include An Argument of Images: The Poetry of Alexander Pope; The Female Imagination; The Adolescent Idea: Myths of Youth and the Adult Imagination; Desire and Truth: Functions of Plot in Eighteenth-Century English Novels; and Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind.

Sarah Lawall, Ph.D. Yale, is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her publications include Critics of Consciousness: The Existential Structures of Literature and Reading World Literature: Theory, History, Practice. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (Np); 7 edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393989542
• ISBN-13: 978-0393989540
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Masterpiece, May 12, 2002

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John Thykattil - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces (Expanded Edition) (Vol. One-Volume) (Paperback)

Great reading on those quiet Sunday evenings. The historical perspectives and timelines are the best part; really helps you understand the progression of lieterature as we know it. The Norton series was used often in highschool for me, but I had quite narrow historical perspectives back then; this book has helped change that. The book is quite heavy, hard to lug around and seems to get damaged easily (paperback), but the content is well worth it. I think they should have removed the Odyssey and included the Illiad. I would also recommend Glimpes of World History by J. Nehru. Though it can be at times tedious, it is good accompaniment to this Norton anthology.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars world lit., August 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces (Expanded Edition) (Vol. One-Volume) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this anthology. It contains many selections that are not easily found and give a good summary of the major issues of each author. I was not at all aware of many of the authors included and the editors really help you to understand the events and issues of the day. The expanded edition is the best and gives an even larger sample of each author. It is still an anthology, however, and suffers from the same problems they all do. Not enough material from this or that author but do you really want it to be twenty thousand pages?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good content horrible construction, September 10, 2009

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This review is from: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces (Expanded Edition) (Vol. One-Volume) (Paperback)

This book was required for my English college class. The stories and content are great however the construction of the book is terrible. The pages are thinner than tissue paper. I was afraid I would rip a page if I turned it too quickly. Also, there's just over 3000 pages in this novel sized book. It's really thick and kind of awkward. It would have been better to have made it textbook sized then there would be less pages and it wouldn't be so massive. There's so many pages that the binding feels flimsy when you open it. Overall great book poor construction.