Norton Critical Editions:Nineteenth-Century Literature

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  • Northanger Abbey: A Norton Critical Edition

    Jane Austen, Susan Fraiman

    First Edition

    Paperback

    Northanger Abbey, written in Jane Austen’s youth and posthumously published, is arguably her most mysterious, imaginative, and optimistic novel.

  • George Bernard Shaw's Plays

    George Bernard Shaw, Sandie Byrne

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    This collection presents a cross-section of Shaw's most important theater work—Mrs. Warren's Profession, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, and Pygmalion.

  • In Memoriam

    Alfred Tennyson, Erik Gray

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    Tennyson’s central poem is presented with an extensive introduction that provides background information on the poet and poem as well as an overview of In Memoriam’s formal and thematic peculiarities, including Tennyson’s use of the stanza and the poem’s rhyme scheme.

  • Coleridge's Poetry and Prose: A Norton Critical Edition

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Nicholas Halmi, Paul Magnuson, Raimonda Modiano

    First Edition

    Paperback

    Coleridge combined the genius of a poet with the mind of a philosophical critic.

  • Leaves of Grass: A Norton Critical Edition

    Walt Whitman, Michael Moon

    First Edition

    Paperback

    Following the texts is an album of portraits of Whitman, as well as "Whitman on His Art," a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a...