The norton anthology of world literature 5th edition
The Norton Anthology of World Literature (Fifth Edition) (Vol. Volumes D, E, & F): Post-1650 (Fifth Edition)
By:
Martin Puchner
Synopsis
Help all students see the power and relevance of world literature—with the most inclusive and effective teaching anthology available Exciting. Fresh. Innovative. More global than ever. These are some of the ways instructors describe the Fifth Edition of the most trusted anthology of world literature. New translations, such as Emily Wilson’s Iliad and Kimi Traube’s Don Quixote, an entirely new feature called Translation Lab, and newly refreshed clusters throughout on themes such as storytelling and travel ensure that diverse foundational texts will speak to today’s readers in new ways. What’s more, the complete anthology is now available in ebook format. The Norton Ebook Reader—enhanced with powerful annotation tools, video, and audio that together create an active reading environment—delivers an engaging suite of resources at an affordable price. This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.
Copyright:
2024
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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781324063230
Related ISBNs:
9780393893090
About the Author
Suzanne Conklin Akbari is Professor of Medieval Studies in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Her books include Seeing Through the Veil: Optical Theory and Medieval Allegory (2004) and Idols in the East: European Representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100–1450 (2009). Among her edited volumes are Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West (2008), co-edited with Amilcare Iannucci, and the Oxford Handbook to Chaucer (2020).
Martin Puchner, the Byron and Anita Wien Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University, is a prize-winning author, educator, public speaker, and institution-builder in the arts and humanities. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Wiebke Denecke is S. C. Fang Professor of East Asian Literatures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her publications include The Dynamics of Masters Literature: Early Chinese Thought from Confucius to Han Feizi (2010), Classical World Literatures: Sino-Japanese and Greco-Roman Comparisons (2014), The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature (2017) and a three-volume literary history of Japan from an East Asian perspective
[2024] The Norton Anthology of World Literature, fifth edition, shorter edition (2 vols.)
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Exciting. Fresh. Innovative. More global than ever.
Help all students see the power and relevance of world literature—with the most inclusive anthology available. New translations, such as Emily Wilson’s the
Iliad
, a new feature called Translation Lab, and refreshed clusters ensure that diverse foundational texts will speak to today’s readers.
Our Editors on What’s New
Emily Wilson on the Fifth Edition
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Features of the Fifth Edition
Vibrant new selections
make this the most global
anthology available
The Fifth Edition presents a more balanced, inclusive, and connected picture of world literatures, with added texts and fresh translations throughout. It expands the coverage of texts beyond the West.
Now fully available as an ebook for an enhanced—and affordable—reading experience
The ebooks contain all the selections found in the Full Edition of the anthology and, when accessed through the Norton Ebook Reader platform, are enhanced with embedded video, audio, and powerful annotation tools for students and instructors.