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

pstrongNine years ago, W. W. Norton changed the way world literature is taught by introducing emThe Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces/em, Expanded Edition./strong/pLeading the field once again, Norton is proud to publish the anthology for the new century, emThe Norton Anthology of World Literature/em, Second Edition. Now published in six paperback volumes (packaged in two attractive slipcases), the new anthology boasts slimmer volumes, thicker paper, a bolder typeface, and dozens of newly included or newly translated works from around the world.br / br / emThe Norton Anthology of World Literature/em represents continuity as well as change. Like its predecessor, the anthology is a compact library of world literature, offering an astounding forty-three complete longer works, more than fifty prose works, over one hundred lyric poems, and twenty-three plays. More portable, more suitable for period courses, more pleasant to read, and more attuned to current teaching and research trends, emThe Norton Anthology of World Literature/em remains the most authoritative, comprehensive, and teachable anthology for the world literature survey.