Norton Anthologies and a couple pretty great books

[Perry Noid]

Speaking of anthologies, I have this vague recollection of story I read in
a world lit class in college a few years ago that I'd like to read again
but have no clue the name of the anthology nor the title of the story. I'm
pretty sure it was by Rousseau but it may be that we only discussed the
themes shared with Rousseau and I'm conflating different people.

Anyhooz, it was about a man, a "civilized" man who stays with an indigenous
family. The father offers the man his wife and daughter to sleep with and
he refuses, offended by the prospect of soiling his reputation. Eventually
he relents and sleeps with one or more of the women, can't remember, and
all the while screams out loud about his reputation and "his office," or
something like that.

Anyone know where I can find this?
On Jul 29, 2014 10:17 AM, "Charles Albert" <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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. *
>
> love,
> 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.
>>
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