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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PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
Introduction
Timeline(1660-1785)
JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700)
Annus Mirabilis
[London Reborn]
Song from Marriage h la Mode
Absalom and Achitopheh A Poem
Mac Flecknoe
To the Memory of Mr. Oldham
A Song for St. Cecilia's Day
Epigram on Milton
Alexander's Feast
CRITICISM
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
[Two Sorts of Bad Poetry.]
[The Wit of the Ancients: The Universal]
[Shakespeare and Ben Jonson Compared]
The Author's Apology for Heroic Poetry and Heroic License
["Boldness" of Figures and Trooes Defended: The Appeal to "Nature"]
[Wit as "Propriety"]
A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire
[The Art of Satire]
The Preface to Fables Ancient and Modern
[In Praise of Chaucer]
SAMUEL PEPYS (1633-1703)
The Diary
[The Great Fire]
[The Deb Willet Affair]
JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688)
The Pilgrim's Progress
[Christian Sets out for the Celestial City]
[The Slough of Despond]
[Vanity Fair]
[The River of Death and the Celestial City]
JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704)
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
From The Epistle to the Reader
SIR ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727)
From A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton
SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680)
Hudibras
From Part 1, Canto 1
JOHN WILMOT, SECOND EARL OF ROCHESTER(1647-1680)
The Disabled Debauchee
The Imperfect Enjoyment
Upon Nothing
A Satire against Reason and Mankind
APHRA BEHN (16409-1689)
The Disappointment
Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave
WILLIAM CONGREVE (1670-1729)
The Way of the World
MARY ASTELL ( 1666-1731 )
From Some Reflections upon Marriage
DANIEL DEFOE (ca. 1660-1731)Roxana
[The Cons of Marriage]
ANNE FINCH, COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA (1661-I 720)
The Introduction
A Nocturnal Reverie
MATFHEW PRIOR ( 1664-1721)
An Epitaph
A Better Answer
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
A Description of a City Shower
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift
From A Tale of a Tub
Gulliver's Travels
A Letter from Captain Gulliver to His Cousin Sympson
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