J. Paul Hunter

Alison Booth

Kelly J. Mays

The most wide-ranging collection of its kind, The Norton Introduction to Poetry offers a complete course in reading and writing about poetry that is designed to appeal to students of all backgrounds, abilities, and interests.

The Norton Introduction to Poetry

Defoe's Emblematic Method and Quest for Form in Robinson Crusoe

The Reluctant Pilgrim

Cynthia Wall

Associated University Presses

Dennis Todd

Professor Cynthia Wall

Paul J. Hunter

This collection of essays, including contributions by Paula Backscheider, Martin C. Battestin, and Patricia Meyer Spacks -- examines the relationships between history, literary forms, and the cultural contexts of British literature from the late seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. Topics include print culture and the works of Mary, Lady Chudleigh; the politics of early amatory fiction; Susanna Centlivre's use of plot; novels by women between 1760 and 1788; and the connection between gender and narrative form in the criminal biographies of the 1770s.

Serious Reflections on Occasional Forms : Essays in Honor of J. Paul Hunter

Eighteenth-century Genre and Culture

The Norton Introduction to Literature, Shorter Ninth Edition, is an unparalleled collection of the very best classic and contemporary stories, poems, and plays in an inviting format that accommodates many different teaching styles, reading tastes, and pedagogical needs. Now offering a new contextual chapter, a completely rewritten section on writing about literature, refreshed pedagogy throughout the book, new student-writing samples, and 54 new literary selections, The Norton Introduction to Literature, Shorter Ninth Edition, is more flexible and attractive than ever before.

The Norton Introduction to Literature

The most wide-ranging collection of its kind, The Norton Introduction to Poetry offers a completecourse in reading and writing about poetry thatis designed to appeal to students of allbackgrounds, abilities, and interests.

Jerome Beaty

Stephen Arata

Madigan Haley

Jennifer Wicke

This collection of authoritative essays represents the latest scholarship on topics relating to the themes, movements, and forms of English fiction, while chronicling its development in Britain from the early 18th century to the present day. Comprises cutting-edge research currently being undertaken in the field, incorporating the most salient critical trends and approaches Explores the history, evolution, genres, and narrative elements of the English novel Considers the advancement of various literary forms – including such genres as realism, romance, Gothic, experimental fiction, and adaptation into film Includes coverage of narration, structure, character, and affect; shifts in critical reception to the English novel; and geographies of contemporary English fiction Features contributions from a variety of distinguished and high-profile literary scholars, along with emerging younger critics Includes a comprehensive scholarly bibliography of critical works on and about the novel to aid further reading and research

A Companion to the English Novel

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

J. Paul Hunter

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