Norton Critical Editions:Renaissance Literature

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  Seventeenth-Century British Poetry, 1603-1660: A Norton Critical Edition

  John P. Rumrich, Gregory Chaplin

  First Edition

  Paperback

  Twenty-nine poets writing from the 1603 ascension of James I, the first Stuart King, and the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, are included in this Norton Critical Edition.

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  1 Henry IV: A Norton Critical Edition

  William Shakespeare, Gordon McMullan

  Third Edition

  Paperback

  The text, with few departures, is that of the First Quarto (1598) edition of the play.

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  Don Quijote

  Miguel de Cervantes, Diana de Armas Wilson, Burton Raffel

  First Edition

  Paperback

  The text reprinted here is based on award-winning translator Burton Raffel’s masterful translation of Don Quijote, which is consistent, fluid, and modeled closely on the original Spanish.

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  The Princess of Clèves: A Norton Critical Edition

  Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette, John D. Lyons

  First Edition

  Paperback

  The Princess of Clèves, often called the first modern French novel, was published anonymously in 1678 and was received with enthusiasm by its contemporary audience.

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  The Praise of Folly and Other Writings: A Norton Critical Edition

  Desiderius Erasmus, Robert M. Adams

  First Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition provides a wide selection of Erasmus’s writings, translated from the Latin into fresh, modern English.