Norton Anthologies and a couple pretty great books

[Charles Albert]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/books/review/08donadio.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0

Keeper of the Canon
By RACHEL DONADIO

*Since it first appeared in 1962, "The Norton Anthology of English
Literature" has remained the sine qua non of college textbooks, setting the
agenda for the study of English literature in this country and beyond. Its
editor, therefore, holds one of the most powerful posts in the world of
letters, and is symbolically seen as arbiter of the canon.*
* With the publication of the anthology's newest edition this month, Norton
is marking a significant generational shift: after more than 40 years as
founding and general editor, M. H. Abrams, a leading scholar of
Romanticism, is handing the reins over to Stephen Greenblatt, a Shakespeare
scholar and Harvard professor. *

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cfa


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Tredy (@TredySas <https://twitter.com/tredysas>)*
> 7/29/14, 4:44 AM <https://twitter.com/tredysas/status/494055907232579585>
> M.H. Abrams, 102, literary scholar, honored today at White House. His
> students include Harold Bloom & Thomas Pynchon
> syracuse.com/news/index.ssf… <http://t.co/WTyvCDJMvD>
>
> He once passed around his class Pynchon's essay on RASSELAS.....a very
> rare occurrence.
>
> Download the official Twitter app here
> <https://twitter.com/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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