Norton Anthology of Literature by Women (Boxed set, Volumes 1 and 2)

Long the standard teaching anthology, the landmark Norton Anthology of Literature by Women has introduced generations of readers to the rich variety of womens writing in English. Now, the muchanticipated Third Edition responds to the wealth of writing by women across the globe with the inclusion of 61 new authors (219 in all) whose diverse works span six centuries. A more flexible twovolume format and a versatile new companion reader make the Third Edition an even better teaching tool.As diversity itself has shaped the evolution of feminist criticism, from its early preoccupation with womens shared experiences to its more recent absorption in the complex issues and assumptions informing Englishlanguage texts by women writers of diverse geographical, cultural, racial, sexual, religious, and class origins and influences, so diversity has shaped the revisions of this anthology. From the Preface