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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393602877
ISBN-139780393602876
eBay Product ID (ePID)9038293216
Product Key Features
Edition4
Book TitleNorton Anthology of World Literature
Number of Pages1856 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnthologies (Multiple Authors), General
Publication Year2018
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorMartin Puchner
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight42.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2018-033851
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal808.8
Table Of ContentI. ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH (CA. 1900-250 B.C.E.) (Translated by Benjamin R. Foster) THE HEBREW BIBLE (CA. 1000-300 B.C.E.) Genesis 1-4 [From Creation to the Murder of Abel] 6-9 [Noah and the Flood] 11 [The Tower of Babel] 12, 17, 18 [God's Promise to Abraham] 21, 22 [Abraham and Isaac] Exodus 19-20 [Moses Receives the Law] From Job (Translated by Robert Alter) Psalm 8 Psalm 19 Psalm 23 Psalm 104 Psalm 137 (The King James Version) HOMER (EIGHTH CENTURY B.C.E.) The Iliad Book I [The Rage of Achilles] Book XVIII [The Shield of Achilles] Book XXII [The Death of Hector] Book XXIV [Achilles and Priam] (Translated by Caroline Alexander) The Odyssey Book 1 [The Boy and the Goddess] Book 5 [From the Goddess to the Storm] Book 6 [A Princess and Her Laundry] Book 7 [A Magical Kingdom] Book 8 [The Songs of a Poet] Book 9 [A Pirate in a Shepherd's Cave] Book 10 [The Winds and the Witch] Book 11 [The Dead] Book 12 [Difficult Choices] Book 16 [Father and Son] Book 17 [Insults and Abuse] Book 19 [The Queen and the Beggar] Book 21 [An Archery Contest] Book 22 [Bloodshed] Book 23 [The Olive Tree Bed] Book 24 [Restless Spirits] (Translated by Emily Wilson) SAPPHO (BORN CA. 630 B.C.E.) Poems and Fragments 1. [Deathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind] (Translated by Anne Carson) 2. [Come to me here from Crete] 16. [Some Say an Army of Horsemen] 17. [Come close to me, I pray] (Translated by Philip Freeman) 31 [He seems to me equal to gods] (Translated by Anne Carson) 44. [Cyprus...] 47.[Love shook my heart] 48. [You came and I was longing for you] 51. [I don't know what I should do] 55. [But when you die] 58. [...I pray] 94. ["I honestly wish I were dead"] 102. [Truly, sweet mother] 104A. [Evening, you gather together] 104B. [...most beautiful of all the stars] 105A. [..like the sweet apple] 105B. [...like the hyacinth] 111. [Raise high the roof] 112. [Blessed bridegroom] 114. ["Virginity, virginity..] 130. [Once again limb-loosening Love makes me tremble] 132. [I have a beautiful child who is like golden flowers] 168B. [The moon has set] [The Brother Poem] [The Cypris Poem] (Translated by Philip Freeman) SOPHOCLES (CA. 496-406 B.C.E.) Oedipus the King (Translated by David Grene) EURIPIDES (CA. 480-406 B.C.E.) Medea (Translated by Sheila H. Murnaghan) VIRGIL (70-19 B.C.E.) The Aeneid Book I [Safe Haven after Storm] Book II [The Final Hours of Troy] Book IV [The Tragic Queen of Carthage]
SynopsisThe Fourth Edition of the most trusted and widely used brief anthology of world literature retains and expands the most popular works from the last edition while offering exciting new selections and new translations of major works. As always, the Norton also provides helpful apparatus, beautiful illustrations, and a robust suite of digital resources--all at an affordable price, The Fourth Edition of the most trusted and widely used brief anthology of world literature retains and expands the most popular works from the last edition while offering exciting new selections and new translations of major works. As always, the Norton Anthology also provides helpful apparatus, beautiful illustrations, and a robust suite of digital resources--all at an affordable price. The ebook reflects the contents of the Shorter Fourth Edition and includes corresponding page numbers to each of the edition's two volumes.