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The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry is an anthology of two volumes edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann (1918–1987), and Robert O'Clair. The anthology is large, with 1,100 pages in each of the two volumes. Volume I, about modern poetry, and Volume II, contemporary poetry. Essays on poetics are included in each volume. [1]
The Norton Anthology of Poetry is one of several literary anthologies published by W.W. Norton and Company. It is intended for classroom use, [1] and has sold well. [2] The anthology appeared in 1970 and is in its sixth edition, a volume which includes 1,871 poems. [3] The book has been seen as representing a canon.
August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". [ 1 ] He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle (or The Century Cycle ) , which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the ...
The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women; The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry; The Norton Anthology of Poetry; The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction; The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism; The Norton Anthology of Western Literature; The Norton Anthology of Western Music; The Norton Anthology of World Literature; The ...
The first edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, printed in 1962, comprised two volumes.Also printed in 1962 was a single-volume derivative edition, called The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Major Authors Edition, which contained reprintings with some additions and changes including 28 of the major authors appearing in the original edition.
Norton Anthologies collect canonical works from various literatures; perhaps the best known anthology in the series is the Norton Anthology of English Literature, which, as of 2018, is in its 10th edition. Norton Anthologies offer general headnotes on each author, a general introduction to each period of literature, and annotations for every ...
This collection proceeded from a series of other anthologies including English Literature and Poetry. It was first published in 1979 by W. W. Norton & Company and is notable for the series' 2003 Shorter Sixth Edition. [1] The current general editor of the series is literary scholar Robert S. Levine of the University of Maryland, College Park. [2]
Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry, 2001; Book of Aneirin (c. 1265), Welsh medieval manuscript; The Best American Poetry series; Best New Poets series; British Poetry since 1945, 1970; Broadview Anthology of Poetry, 1993; Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain, 1969; Conductors of Chaos: A Poetry Anthology ...