The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: Volume 1

By: Lawall, Sarah N.

Book Overview

Offering a splendid collection of literary masterpieces in the best available translations, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces is a literal library of Western literature in two portable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393972895
• ISBN13: 9780393972894
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 3.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

not what Im looking for

the shipping was fast..great service by the seller.. but this is just not what I needed in my class.. bought wrong book

Norton's Anthology of World Masterpieces, a review

This seventh edition has left out the poetry of John Donne, the great metaphysical poet. Big mistake. I was disappointed in the translation of Gilgamesh, considering Stephen Mitchell's version to be superior. I was also disappointed in the Bible excerpts - particularly Genesis, where there is no indication that the redactor of the selections picked and chose between J, E and P texts, with no indication of the lacunae, making it seem as if there were only one version, for instance, of the Creation or the Flood, while any biblical scholar knows that there are at least two. My overall impression, however, is that this offers a fair introduction to Western world literature to the mid-seventeenth century.

World Masterpiece

Wide collection of works and translations. I really enjoyed the translation of Homer in the Iliad. Norton's Anthology has help transform literature from being boring to being fun.