The Norton Introduction to Literature 13th Edition Textbook

Like its predecessors, this Thirteenth Edition of the Norton Introduction to Literature offers in a single volume a complete course in reading literature and writing about it. A teaching anthology focused on the actual tasks, challenges, and questions typically faced by students and instructors, The Norton Introduction to Literature offers practical advice to help students transform their first impressions of literary works into fruitful discussions and meaningful critical essays, and it helps students and instructors together tackle the complex questions at the heart of literary study.

The Norton Introduction to Literature has been revised with an eye to providing a book that is as flexible and as useful as possible-adaptable to many different teaching styles and individual preferences-and that also conveys the excitement at the heart of literature itself. (The Norton Introduction to Literature 13th Edition [Shorter, Portable, High School]; Kelly J. Mays; W.W. Norton [2018-2019]; Preface-Shorter Edition: Page xxviii)