Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces Vol.1(诺顿英国文学选读)

Offering a splendid collection of literary masterpieces in the best available translations, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces is a literal library of Western literature in two portable volumes. Most major works, from Homer's Odyssey to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, are offered complete or in substantial, readable excerpts. New authors and works abound, including pieces by Plautus, Lucian, Ariosto, de Vega, Shakespeare, Joyce, O'Connor, Munro, and Silko, and new sections of Medieval lyrics and tales, Romantic poetry in translation, and Dada-Surrealist poetry. Informative period introductions and author headnotes guide readers through the cultural and historical contexts surrounding the literature.

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Offering a splendid collection of literary masterpieces in the best available translations, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces is a literal library of Western literature in two portable volumes. Most major works, from Homer's Odyssey to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, are offered complete or in substantial, readable excerpts. New authors and works abound, including pieces by Plautus, Lucian, Ariosto, de Vega, Shakespeare, Joyce, O'Connor, Munro, and Silko, and new sections of Medieval lyrics and tales, Romantic poetry in translation, and Dada-Surrealist poetry. Informative period introductions and author headnotes guide readers through the cultural and historical contexts surrounding the literature.

PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHONETIC EQUIVALENTS
Masterpieces of the Ancient World
MAP: GREECE AND WESTERN ASIA MINOR, CA. FIFTH CENTURY B.C
INTRODUCTION
MAP: TltE ROMAN EMPIRE, CA. 117
TIMELINE
GILGAMESH (Akkadian, ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) (Translated by N. K. Sandars)
THE BIBLE: THE OLD TESTAMENT (Hebrew, ca. 1000-300 B.C.)
　Genesis 1-3 [The Creation---The Fall]
　 Genesis 4 [The First Murder]
　 Genesis 6-9 [The Flood]
　 Genesis 11 [The Origin of Languages]
　Genesis 22 [Abraham and Isaac]
　 Genesis 25, 27 [Jacob and Esau]
　Genesis 37, 39-46 [The Story of Joseph]
　 From Job
　Psalm 8
　 Psalm 19
　 Psalm 23
　Psalm 104
Psalm 137
The Song of Songs
Jonah(The King James Version)
HOMER (eighth century B.C.)
The Iliad (Greek)
Book I [The Rage of Achilles]
From Book VI [Hector Returns to Troy]
From Book VIII [The Tide of Battle Turns]
Book IX [The Embassy to Achilles]
From Book XVI [Patroclus Fights and Dies]
Book XVIII [The Shield of Achilles]
Book XXII [The Death of Hector]
Book XXIV [Achilles and Priam](Translated by Robert Fagles)
The Odyssey (Greek)
Book I [A Goddess Intervenes]
Book II [A Hero's Son Awakens]
Book III [The Lord of the Western Approaches]
Book IV [The Red-Haired King and His Lady]
Book V [Sweet Nymph and Open Sea]
Book VI [The Princess at the River]
Book VII [Gardens and Firelight]
Book VIII [The Songs of the Harper]
Book IX [New Coasts and Poseidon's Son]
Book X [The Grace of the Witch]
Book XI [A Gathering of Shades]
Book XII [Sea Perils and Defeat]
Book XIII [One More Strange Island]
Book XIV [Hospitality in the Forest]
Book XV [How They Came to Ithaka]
Book XVI [Father and Son]
Book XVII [The Beggar at the Manor]
Book XVIII [Blows and a Queen's Beauty]
Book XIX [Recognitions and a Dream]
Book XX [Signs and a Vision]
Book XXI [The Test of the Bow]
Book XXII [Death in the Great Hall]
Book XXIII [The Trunk of the Olive Tree]
Book XXIV [Warriors, Farewell](Translated by Robert Fitzgerald)
SAPPHO OF LESBOS (born ca. 630 B.C.)
Lyrics (Greek)
[Throned in Splendor, Deathless, O Aphrodite]
[Like the Very Gods in My Sight Is He]
[Some There Are Who Say That the Fairest Thing Seen](Translated by Richard Lattimore)
AESCHYLUS (524?-456 B.C.)
The Oresteia (Greek)
Agamemnon
The Libation Bearers (summary)
The Eumenides(Translated by Robert Fagles )
SOPHOCLES (ca. 496-406 B.C.)
Oedipus the King (Greek)(Translated by Robert Fagles)
EURIPIDES (480-406 B.C.)
Medea (Greek)(Translated by Rex Warner)
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Masterpieces of the Middle Ages
Masterpieces of the Renaissance
A NOTE ON TEANSLATION
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX