Norton Critical Editions:Medieval Literature

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  The Canterbury Tales: Seventeen Tales and the General Prologue: A Norton Critical Edition

  Geoffrey Chaucer, V. A. Kolve, Glending Olson

  Third Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition includes:
  
  • The medieval masterpiece’s most popular tales, including—new to the Third Edition—The Man of Law’s...

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  Beowulf: A Verse Translation: A Norton Critical Edition

  Seamus Heaney, Daniel Donoghue

  Second Edition

  Paperback

  “Accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right.” —New York Times Book Review

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  Middle English Romances: A Norton Critical Edition

  Stephen H. A. Shepherd

  Second Edition

  Paperback

  "Thank heavens for Stephen Shepherd: his wit, expert editorial finesse and, not least, his critical judgment clear a path for us not only to fascinating texts, but also to an evergreen genre. The second edition of Middle English Romances guarantees pleasure and illumination."
  - James Simpson, Harvard University

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  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Norton Critical Edition

  Marie Borroff, Laura L. Howes

  Second Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • Marie Borroff’s acclaimed verse translation, marginal glosses and explanatory footnotes.
  • Laura L. Howes’s...

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  The Decameron: A Norton Critical Edition

  Giovanni Boccaccio, Wayne A. Rebhorn, Wayne A. Rebhorn

  First Edition

  Paperback

  “If you want the true, mixed, fourteenth-century book that Boccaccio wrote, choose Rebhorn.”—Joan Acocella, The New Yorker