/lit/ - Literature

>>4575624
is that a Maxwell Parrish painting on the Fairy Tales cover? oh baby I'd buy that book based on that alone

>>4575631
i don't actually know, I grabbed the pic from google.

But all norton crits. are annotated and have a ton of supplementary material, essays, and criticism in the back.

They also use good translations and good quality materials.

They shame all other publishers of classics, such as shit tier barnes and noble.

>>4575624
I have that Hamlet, and it is phenomenal.

Nortons are master race, but the autist in me wishes their books were a standard size. It looks weird on my bookshelf when the books are of varying height.

They're basically the definitive edition of whatever title they publish.

I didn't realize they had that much diversity in cover design.

>>4575713
the henry the fourth/madame bovary style cover are first editions, the second editions look like as i lay dying, hamlet, fairy tales.

If being an english major has taught me nothing else, its that norton does great work.

>>4575713
not sure about those faulkners, look like early 2nd editions maybe?

Where can I download all of them for free? I found only a few of them in Bookos and LibGen

Thanks for reminding me about these OP. I was looking in the back of The Sound and The Fury Norton Critical Edition and found a cool criticism by Sartre but I never finished it.

I'm off to go find it on the internet!

>>4575624
The criticism in the back of Moby Dick is pretty meh, but overall they're awesome.

goddam i want these

>>4575631
I have the Fairy Tales one, and I can confirm that it is indeed Parrish on the cover. However, I found the contents of the book a little disappointing. The focus was overwhelmingly on western European fairy tales, with one or two Chinese and Russian variations thrown in. When the back cover said the fairy tales came from "around the world", I expected them to be from, you know, the WHOLE world. If you're looking for a diverse array of folklore, pretty much any book billing itself as a collection of world fairy tales will have a better selection.

>>4575723
>parasite

Oxford World Classics has superior critical analysis.

>>4576187

Ew

>>4575723
go to a used bookstore and spend ten dollars you twat

>>4575723

Google it, m8. You'll find it.

>>4576272
explain yourself

>>4576247
I really disagree. Norton's not always on point, but they include so much that there's usually something worth reading. Oxford doesn't usually include criticism, only some notes/context

>>4576279

The cover is repulsive. Leather bound Bible is aesthetically superior.

>>4576300
as noted in the thread, norton editions have superior annotations and essays–its not about the damn cover you pleb

>>4576322

>its not about the damn cover
Yes it is. Its silly do get a physical book for anything else than aesthetics.

>annotations and essays
Megatronkek.

>>4576333
I don't think you read books.

>>4576337

You're right. I read ebooks.

>>4576342
I've never met someone with good taste who reads ebooks. Maybe you're the exception.

How do the Norton Critical Shakespeare tomes compare to the Arden or Oxford World Classics? I've generally preferred the latter myself.

>>4576392
I think they're better. They've been churning out new editions of shakespeare lately. The sheer amount of criticism in a norton is the best thing about it. My Norton Hamlet is about 300 pages, 95 of which are the actual play.

>>4576396
>The sheer amount of criticism in a norton is the best thing about it.
The main appeal of Arden/Oxford to me was the enormous amount of footnotes for the text. Arden's Julius Caesar, and I expect others, have no criticism at all, but has a lengthy introduction and copious notes.

How are the notes in the Norton ones?

>>4576396
here's a typical arden page

>>4576426
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail-contents.aspx?ID=16951

Thats the table of contents for the latest Hamlet, and the pic is from Paradise lost. Footnotes wise, I see about ten notes on an individual page.

>>4576441
Thanks for the info. That's an impressive amount of criticism and context. I'll definitely be looking over their library of books.

>>4576454
My favorite thing about reading a norton is that you're forced to continue reading about a book after you've finished the actual story. When you read hundreds of pages of criticism, you really know the book. No post novel malaise.

>>4576460
I usually end up going online and searching for criticism, which is rather difficult since Google only returns forum posts and help for high school students. It would be nice to have it already compiled for me from high quality sources, chosen by experts.

I ordered the Norton Critical Edition for Heart of Darkness.

They're a late discovery for me, but I have Shelley's Poetry & Prose and Paradise Lost in Norton Critical Edition.

>>4576644
If I ever see paradise lost i'm definitely gonna scoop it up. just got the confidence man, very stoked on it.

>>4579067

>not a single crack in any of the spines

>>4579070
Doesn't mean he didn't read them

My sister keeps all of her books in pristine condition. Every paperback that she's read looks like it has never been opened before

>>4579070
>confirmed for never having read a Norton Critical Edition

those niggas have spines that are hard as fuck to crack. If you crack them, you're doing something wrong.

>>4579070
Its from Norton's website. I should be so lucky.

My public library doesn't have them : (

>>4579067
why oh why are they not the same size. its like they're designed to frustrate autists like me.

>>4579098
>>4579098
You'll have better luck looking in at a University Library. These are generally more expensive because they have so much extra info in the back

why are they so great to you? i suppose that they're a good way to begin to look at a text critically but other than the convenience aspect I think that they're unattractive at best and misleading at worst. but i tend to be skeptical of the critical literary establishment in all its forms.

>>4576322
>paying for bibles

there are people who will literally beg you to take one from them all over the US