Norton Critical Editions:Folk Tales, Myths and Epics

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  The Oresteia: A Norton Critical Edition

  Aeschylus, Joshua Billings, Oliver Taplin

  First Edition

  Paperback

  “This critical edition provides a lavish and fulsome picture of ancient Greek tragedy’s most significant surviving document.” —Johanna Hanink, Brown University

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  Poetics: A Norton Critical Edition

  Aristotle, David Gorman, Michelle Zerba, James Hutton

  First Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition of the world’s first major work of literary criticism is based on James Hutton’s acclaimed translation. The text and explanatory and glossarial notes represent the work of the accomplished Hellenists James Hutton and Michelle

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  The Analects: A Norton Critical Edition

  Confucius, Michael Nylan, Simon Leys

  First Edition

  Paperback

  “Leys has made Confucius speak English more persuasively than any translator to date. His achievement is one of simplicity. . . . Leys sees his task as making the Confucius of the Analects fully persuasive again. He does this brilliantly.”
  —Stephen Owen, The New Republic
  

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  Medea: A Norton Critical Edition

  Euripides, Sheila Murnaghan

  First Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition, edited by one of the pre-eminent scholars in the field, gathers together research on this Greek tragedy, bringing Medea to life for a contemporary audience.

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  The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Norton Critical Edition

  Benjamin R. Foster

  Second Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • An expanded translation from the Akkadian by Benjamin R. Foster based on new discoveries, adding lines...