Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published. Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies—thorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possible—The Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool.
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PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Middle Ages (to ca. 1485)
Introduction
Anglo-Saxon Literature
Anglo-Norman Literature
Middle English Literature in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Medieval English
Old and Middle English Prosody
Timeline
ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE
BEDE (ca. 673-735) and CtEDMON'S HYMN
An Ecclesiastical History of the English People [The Story of Caedmon]
THE DREAM OF THE ROOD
BEOWULF translated by Seamus Heaney
JUDITH
KING ALFRED (849-899) Preface to the Pastoral Care
THE WANDERER
THE WIFE'S LAMENT
ANGLO-NORMAN LITERATURE
THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE[Obituary for William the Conqueror]
LEGENDARY HISTORIES OF BRITAIN
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH: The History of the Kings of Britain [The Story of Brutus and Diana's Prophecy]
WACE: Le Roman de Brut [The Roman Challenge]
LAYAMON: Brut[Arthur's Dream]
THE MYTH OF ARTHUR'S RETURN
Geoffrey of Monmouth: From The History of the Kings of Britain
Wace: From Le Roman de Brut
Layamon: From Brut
CELTIC CONTEXTS
EXILE OF THE SONS OF UISLIU
THOMAS OF ENGLAND: Le Roman de Tristran [The Deaths of Tristran and Ysolt]
MARIE DE FRANCE
Lanval
Chevrefoil
ANCRENE RIWLE (Rule for Anchoresses) [The Parable of the Christ-Knight]
MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
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