The Norton Introduction to Literature
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- Author：Kelly J. Mays
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Reviews
Farouk Adil
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دليل نورتن الادبي （قاموس نورتن للادب ）。
Emily
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It’s not a bad textbook but I’m returning to free open texts because it’s too hard to get cost-conscious students to buy the textbook， especially when they think literature is a waste of time anyway。 Just not worth the arguments and friction。 We can read and discuss things that freely available online or in cheap paperbacks。 This textbook costs about $70 new。 Not bad as textbooks go， but my students resent it。
c
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TRASH。
Dani Kline
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I probably read less than 1/4 of this book for my literature class， but it is a fantastic collection of literature， including short stories， plays， and poems。
julia
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only read 25% for class but it was really good
Caroline
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By word count， this is mostly just an anthology。 It's a nice one， containing a wide variety of well-known short stories， poems， and plays。 I was hoping for more than that， but as an anthology， it was put together well enough to be worth it。There are a few types of additional content beyond the included works。 First， the main aspects of literature are discussed， such as plot， setting， symbolism， etc。， but not in any more depth than I learned in high school。 In the “plot” section （and similarly fo By word count， this is mostly just an anthology。 It's a nice one， containing a wide variety of well-known short stories， poems， and plays。 I was hoping for more than that， but as an anthology， it was put together well enough to be worth it。There are a few types of additional content beyond the included works。 First， the main aspects of literature are discussed， such as plot， setting， symbolism， etc。， but not in any more depth than I learned in high school。 In the “plot” section （and similarly for other sections） there are several stories presumably chosen for having interesting plots， but the reasoning for their inclusion was not discussed。There are also questions after many of the inclusions which I could see being interesting to discuss with a group， but didn't add much value to me reading through on my own。 For example， after a story with a confusing ending， the book asks why the narrator burned with anguish and anger at the end。 That’s exactly what I was wondering， so being asked with no answer is just frustrating！ The book makes it clear that questions like this often don’t have a right answer， but I would have enjoyed seeing someone else’s perspective on the matter。There are also some sections called "Exploring Contexts"， each of which includes one story or several related stories and explains some of the context behind them。 The context given includes biographical information about the author， historical information relevant to the work， grouping several works by the same author together with commentary on the similarities， and literary essays by prominent critics。 These were my favorite sections， and I wish fewer works had been included so there would be space to include at least one essay about each included work。Finally， there is a section at the with advice on how to write essays on literature， directed at college students。 I found some of it informative， but there is also a lot of trivia， like how to properly source quotations。Some of my favorite stories:The Lives of the Dead: （view spoiler）[Had an interesting perspective on how people cope with death。 I liked the parallel tales from the war and from his childhood。 （hide spoiler）]A Pair of Tickets: （view spoiler）[This inspired me to read the entire book The Joy Luck Club， and I thought this story was even better in the context of the whole book than on its own。 I liked seeing the main character grow to appreciate a closeness to her family that she didn't see at first。 （hide spoiler）]Bloodchild: （view spoiler）[This was really creepy。 I liked the bizarreness of the relationship。 （hide spoiler）]A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children: （view spoiler）[I liked the contrast of the style here to how angels are usually portrayed in fiction。 （hide spoiler）]Jesus Shaves: （view spoiler）[I thought this was very funny， mostly the relatable depiction of people learning a foreign language and trying to converse with their classmates the best they can。 （hide spoiler）]A Hunger Artist: （view spoiler）[I liked the vivid depiction of the "artist" starving himself out of pride。 Honestly I don't see the allegory for anything。 It's just a weird story to me。 （hide spoiler）]A Doll House: （view spoiler）[I really liked how this subverted the trope of a husband and wife fighting over how much the wife was spending。 I also liked the main character's development， and that she left her jerk of a husband。 （hide spoiler）]I'll also mention one story I particularly didn't like， Black Box: （view spoiler）[This short story was actually "published" as a series of tweets， each phrased as advice。 It's a cool idea， but I found it felt gimmicky long before the story was over。 （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Salem Alazemi
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 It was amazing trip with this Book， I love every page on this Book， I advice literature students to read it。
（（Silver O。 Smith - Can't turn off disorders。））
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Very good English book filled with fantastic short stories。
Julia Key
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This is a very comprehensive book to use as a teacher。 It covers a broad scope of pieces。 You can discuss several different literary theories。 It also has a beneficial section on citations。
Lindsay
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Read for an Introduction to Literary Studies course。
sch
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Jun 2019。 Teaching text。Didn't read all of this massive anthology， but I read portions of almost every chapter。 The instructive materials are either misleading or erroneous。 I will never use this edition willingly again。 Jun 2019。 Teaching text。Didn't read all of this massive anthology， but I read portions of almost every chapter。 The instructive materials are either misleading or erroneous。 I will never use this edition willingly again。 。。。more
Maria
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This book I read for my English Literature class， that I followed as an exchange student at Yonsei University in Seoul， South Korea。Although we had to read only a selection of stories from this book， I ended up reading it all， from cover to cover :）The book is conveniently divided into sections （fiction， poetry， drama） and gives clear information on how to read these different works of literature as well as how to go about researching them and writing essays。It even helped me to prepare writing This book I read for my English Literature class， that I followed as an exchange student at Yonsei University in Seoul， South Korea。Although we had to read only a selection of stories from this book， I ended up reading it all， from cover to cover :）The book is conveniently divided into sections （fiction， poetry， drama） and gives clear information on how to read these different works of literature as well as how to go about researching them and writing essays。It even helped me to prepare writing my thesis， even though my thesis will not necessarily be a literary "essay"。 Many allusions in the works included are also explained through footnotes， which gave more insight in the background and settings of the works。I gave 4 stars because of enjoyment （sometimes the pages were so full of text and with so many different fonts that it got really hard to focuss on what I was reading）。 。。。more
Hind
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I've never been happier to finish a book in my life as much as I'm happy that I got to finish this。 It was one hell of journey with my professor （who refused to give me the full makes I deserved）， but I'm sort of glad I went through it。 Although I took this course way too late （my excuse is that I was busy taking linguistic courses）， I enjoyed it too much， and surprisingly， I learnt things I didn't know。In general this book is really extraordinary and easy to read， understand and work with。 I've never been happier to finish a book in my life as much as I'm happy that I got to finish this。 It was one hell of journey with my professor （who refused to give me the full makes I deserved）， but I'm sort of glad I went through it。 Although I took this course way too late （my excuse is that I was busy taking linguistic courses）， I enjoyed it too much， and surprisingly， I learnt things I didn't know。In general this book is really extraordinary and easy to read， understand and work with。 。。。more
c。 anne
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Okay， so this is technically on my list to read。 i read The Yellow Wallpaper。。。 it was really good and I loved the gothic feel of it。 Can’t wait to learn more about literature and expand my frame of reference！
Alberto Cienega ✨
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It’s a book for school。 Lol 🤷🏼♂️
Joseph Lawrence
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Having read only the short stories section after 2 weeks of half-hearted commitment， I have thus marked the book complete ad leave my review here。 Which says nothing。
Theadora
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Read for my English class in Fall 2018。 I didn't read every single thing in this book， but since it was for class I am counting it。 Read for my English class in Fall 2018。 I didn't read every single thing in this book， but since it was for class I am counting it。 。。。more
Tarsha Clark
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The Norton Introduction to Literature （Shorter Twelfth Edition）
Sohail
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This is the best introductory book about literature that I have ever read。 It's comprehensive， asks questions to stimulate thinking， does not resort to handholding， and boasts an impressive collection of top notch literary works。 Puts books such as Literature to Go to shame。 This is the best introductory book about literature that I have ever read。 It's comprehensive， asks questions to stimulate thinking， does not resort to handholding， and boasts an impressive collection of top notch literary works。 Puts books such as Literature to Go to shame。 。。。more
Mars Smith
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Synopsis: The shorter twelfth edition of this book by Kelly J Mays covered fiction， poetry， drama， how to wrote a research paper， and historical contexts。Pro: Numerous examples of different types of genres of literature were given in this edition。 If you are wanting an entire collection of great examples this may be the book for you or your class。 The format of this book was easy to follow and understand。 The sections within this book labeled as "suggestions for writing" had thought-provoking qu Synopsis: The shorter twelfth edition of this book by Kelly J Mays covered fiction， poetry， drama， how to wrote a research paper， and historical contexts。Pro: Numerous examples of different types of genres of literature were given in this edition。 If you are wanting an entire collection of great examples this may be the book for you or your class。 The format of this book was easy to follow and understand。 The sections within this book labeled as "suggestions for writing" had thought-provoking questions related to the text for students or other readers for which they could draw ideas。 This is a rather lengthy book to get through for a one-semester class， but it is possible to read the entire collection in that timespan。 I would definitely recommend this book for college English classes。Con: Prepare for tons of gloomy stories about divorce， abortion， death， outdated gender roles， being a prisoner like in "The House of Asterion"， and arson like in "Barn Burning"。 The majority of the stories I read in my English II class were on these topics。 。。。more
Denise
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Was surprised at the amount of good stories。 Of course some where not so great， but every all it was a good mix。
Mills College Library
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808。8 N884 2013
Rachel Nicole Wagner
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I love literature。 This book is such a wonderful tribute to such wonderful short stories and works of literary art。
Sparkledaisy
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Great collection of important stories everyone should read！
Julia
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Had to read this for class
Hen
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This sine qua non of English lit majors seemed to overwhelm （and that's an understatement） my own students， most of whom are decidedly not lit majors。 Most of them hate to read， which saddens me。 But I'll always feel nostalgia for Norton lit tomes--they're beautiful。 This sine qua non of English lit majors seemed to overwhelm （and that's an understatement） my own students， most of whom are decidedly not lit majors。 Most of them hate to read， which saddens me。 But I'll always feel nostalgia for Norton lit tomes--they're beautiful。 。。。more
Pash Chan
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An easy guide to literature but bad that it doesn't include more analysis of each work An easy guide to literature but bad that it doesn't include more analysis of each work 。。。more
Lyndsey
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