The Norton Anthology of English Literature (v. 1)

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.

ISBN	039392713X	Part volume	Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
ISBN13	9780393927139 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	WW Norton & Co	Weight (grammes)	2250
Imprint	WW Norton & Co	Published in	New York
Format	Hardback	Series ISSN	01
Publication date	17 Feb 2006	Series title	Norton Anthology of English Literature (Hardcover)
Non-book description	v. <1 > :	Previous ISBN	9780393974867
Library of Congress	2005052313	Height (mm)	249
DEWEY	820.8	Width (mm)	161
DEWEY edition	DC22	Spine width (mm)	71
Pages	3058	Academic level	Undergraduate

		PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION
		ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
		The Romantic Period (1785-1830)
		Introduction		1
		Timeline		23
		ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD (1743-1825)		26
		The Mouse's Petition		27
		An Inventory of the Furniture in Dr. Priestley's Study		28
		A Summer Evening's Meditation		29
		Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade		32
		The Rights of Woman		35
		To a Little Invisible Being Who Is Expected Soon to Become Visible		36
		Washing-Day		37
		CHARLOTTE SMITH (1749-1806)		39
		ELEGIAC SONNETS		40
		Written at the Close of Spring		40
		To Sleep		40
		To Night		40
		Written in the Church-Yard at Middleton in Sussex		41
		On Being Cautioned against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic		41
		The Sea View		42
		The Emigrants		42
		Beachy Head		47
		MARY ROBINSON (1757?-1800)		66
		January, 1795		68
		London's Summer Morning		69
		The Camp		70
		The Poor Singing Dame		71
		The Haunted Beach		72
		To the Poet Coleridge		74
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature (v. 1)

Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

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