Reviews for The Norton Introduction to Literature

The average rating for The Norton Introduction to Literature based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-12-13 00:00:00 Peter Raab This book is another book form the Norton Anthology series and it is an interesting one. It is an instructor's edition of a condensed edition. This book is meant to give you a thorough introduction to the editors' concept of literature. While the actual opinions are subjective (and I am always suspicious of the opinions of the Norton Anthology contributing editors), I come to these anthologies for the literary selections and this book comes through. It gives a very wide and diverse selections that demonstrate an idea of literary style. I don't know if I would come to this book for literary criticism, but to read literature itself--this book is a fine introduction.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-08-29 00:00:00 Mads Br�gger I think this is an excellent book, especially as we used it for teaching literature at home. For us, the most useful feature was the step-by-step examples of how to read a piece, what the reader should be looking for, and then examples of other writers' analysis and writing. It is so well done and great for those students who want to mull over a concept at their own speed. The examples used are interesting and my daughter said, "This doesn't feel like a textbook."