Norton Critical Editions:Medieval Literature

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  • Inferno: A Norton Critical Edition

    Dante Alighieri, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Michael Palma

    First Edition

    Paperback

    This Norton Critical Edition of Dante’s masterpiece is based on Michael Palma’s verse translation, which is acclaimed for its elegant rendering of Dante’s triple-rhyme scheme into contemporary English.

  • St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics: A Norton Critical Edition

    Saint Thomas Aquinas, Paul E. Sigmund

    First Edition

    Paperback

    St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics contains translations of carefully chosen and central selections from The Summa Against the Gentiles, On Kingship or The Governance of Rulers, and The Summa of Theology.

  • 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

  • The Consolation of Philosophy: A Norton Critical Edition

    Boethius, Douglas C. Langston

    First Edition

    Paperback

    One of the most influential texts to come out of the late Middle Ages.

  • 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...