The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Sixteenth Century/the Early Seventeenth Century(Norton Anthology of English Literature)(诺顿英国文学选集16&17世纪) 393975665

The Norton Anthology of English Literature has been thoroughly re- shaped and expanded to take account of the needs of students and theirprofessors at the dawn of the third millennium.The seventh edition's thoroughly revised text incorporates recent scholarlydevelopments while retaining the elements that have made the book a classic. Newfeatures include a broader representation of women writers of all historicalperiods such as Marie de France, Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson,Elizabeth Gaskell and Eavan Boland; a richer treatment of post-Colonial writerssuch as Jean Rhys, Chinua Achebe, V.S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, Les Murray, SalmanRushdie, J.M. Coetzee and Paul Muldoon; and a new set of cultural and thematic"Issues" such as "The Literature of the Sacred", "The Science of Self andWorld", "Slavery and Freedom" "Revolution, Rights and Liberation" and "The Riseand Fall of Empire". The period introductions, author headnotes, annotations andbibliographies have been thoroughly revised and many have been completelyrewritten for the new edition. Capping it all is Seamus Heaney's wonderful newverse translation of Beowulf which has been eagerly awaited.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.