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A monumental, guided expedition through a thousand years of literary history, bound together by thin, crinkling pages and scholarly devotion. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
- intellectual
- contemplative
- sweeping
- historic
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The Norton introduction to literature--ninth edition
Alison Booth
A massive, authoritative gateway into the history and critical analysis of literature.
- 02
A critical history of English literature
David Daiches · 1960
A sweeping, erudite journey through the centuries of words, minds, and cultural shifts that built the English literary tradition.
- 03
A history of literary criticism
Harry Blamires · 1991
A steady, illuminating journey through centuries of intellectual debate about the meaning and purpose of literature.
- 04
Literary theory
Terry Eagleton
An engaging, unpretentious journey through the major movements of contemporary literary thought.
- 05
The Wesleyan anthology of science fiction
Arthur B. Evans
A sweeping, scholarly time machine that charts the evolution of human anxiety and imagination across a century and a half of speculative fiction.
- 06
The Book of Virtues
William John Bennett
A comforting, traditional treasury of stories designed to anchor the reader in timeless moral lessons.
- 07
The best American essays of the century
Joyce Carol Oates
A sweeping, deeply felt mosaic of the twentieth century, told through the brilliant minds that witnessed it.
- 08
Love and Freindship
Jane Austen
A gleefully unhinged parody of romantic melodrama that proves even literary giants were once chaotic teenagers.
- 09
The Oxford book of English ghost stories
Michael Cox and R. A. Gilbert
A comprehensive and chilling journey through the atmospheric tradition of the English ghost story.
- 10
The art of literary research
Richard Daniel Altick
A methodical and thoughtful exploration of the evolving landscape of literary scholarship and research.
- 11
Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
A highly practical, studious guide designed to help researchers navigate the digital encoding of medieval poetry.
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How to read and why
Harold Bloom
An impassioned, erudite invitation to treat the reading of great literature as a profound act of self-discovery.
