Norton Critical Editions:Renaissance Literature
The Taming of the Shrew: A Norton Critical Edition
First Edition
Paperback
This Norton Critical Edition of one of Shakespeare’s earliest and best-loved comedies is based on the First Folio (1623).
King Lear: A Norton Critical Edition
First Edition
Paperback
“Sources” helps readers navigate King Lear’s rich history and includes the nine essential primary sources from which Shakespeare borrowed...
John Donne's Poetry: A Norton Critical Edition
First Edition
Paperback
“Donald Dickson's John Donne's Poetry is the best text of Donne now available. It is scrupulously edited, and equally useful for students and for scholars.”—Harold Bloom, Yale University
The Merchant of Venice: A Norton Critical Edition
First Edition
Paperback
The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism.
Seventeenth-Century British Poetry, 1603-1660: A Norton Critical Edition
First Edition
Paperback
Twenty-nine poets writing from the 1603 ascension of James I, the first Stuart King, and the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, are included in this Norton Critical Edition.