The Norton Anthology of World Literature (Shorter Fourth Edition)

by Martin Puchner (editor)

An incomparable resource, an unmatched value

The Fourth Edition of the most trusted and widely used brief anthology of world literature retains and expands the most popular works from the last edition while offering exciting new selections and new translations of major works. As always, the Norton Anthology also provides helpful apparatus, beautiful illustrations, and a robust suite of digital resources—all at an affordable price.The ebook reflects the contents of the Shorter Fourth Edition and includes corresponding page numbers to each of the edition’s two volumes.

1488 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2021

About the author

Martin Puchner is a literary critic and philosopher. He studied at Konstanz University, the University of Bologna, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, before receiving his Ph.D. at Harvard University. Until 2009 he held the H. Gordon Garbedian Chair at Columbia University, where he also served as co-chair of the Theater Ph.D. program. He now holds the Byron and Anita Wien Chair of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. He is the founding director of the Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research at Harvard University.