The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Package 1 (Volumes A, B, C): Beginnings to 1650

Dubbed ‘the anthology of the new century,' The Norton Anthology of World Literature (Second Edition) now comes in 6 individual, easy to carry volumes, all paperback and printed on thicker paper and in a bolder, easy-to-read typeface. The anthology continues to inspire, offering handfuls of newly translated or newly included selections from all over the world. Its expanded author pool (consisting of Lawall, Clinton, Danly, Douglas, Hugo, Irele, James, Knox, Mack, McGalliard, Owen, Pasinetti, and Patterson) present a new take on the subject. The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Package 1 (Volumes A, B, C): Beginnings to 1650 (ISBN 9780393924534) still offers the same level of continuity and cohesiveness that makes it the perfect tool for the study and instruction of world literature. This edition is arguably the most comprehensive survey to ever exist, adding a good number of new works to the already long list of selections from the first edition. It includes 43 longer works, with more than 100 lyric poems, 50 prose selections, and some 23 plays. This readable and compelling collection also comes in more student friendly, compact volumes that make it the perfect reference companion for semestral and period courses. Authors Lawall, Clinton, Danly, Douglas, Hugo, Irele, James, Knox, Mack, McGalliard, Owen, Pasinetti, and Patterson also adopted the first edition's highly effective, learning-oriented, and friendly approach. Only on its second edition, this collection continues to be the most comprehensive, reliable, impressive, and pedagogical world literature survey of its kind, offering students and instructors their own library of written works of art from genres and styles.