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

  • 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

  • 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...

  • 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