Norton Critical Editions:Folk Tales, Myths and Epics

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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

  • Antigone: A Norton Critical Edition

    Sophocles, Sheila Murnaghan

    First Edition

    eBook

    This Norton Critical Edition includes:

    • Sheila Murnaghan’s celebrated new translation of Sophocles’ famed Greek tragedy depicting the deadly...

  • The Arabian Nights: A Norton Critical Edition

    Husain Haddawy, Daniel Heller-Roazen, Muhsin Mahdi

    First Edition

    Paperback

    This Norton Critical Edition includes twenty-eight tales from The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy on the basis of the oldest existing Arabic manuscript.

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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...

  • The Histories: A Norton Critical Edition

    Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Walter Blanco

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.