The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, Concise Edition: Volume A: The Medieval Period, The Renaissance and the Early Seventeenth Century, and The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century - Softcover

...an exciting achievement ... it sets a new standard by which all other anthologies of British literature will now have to be measured." - Graham Hammill, University of Notre Dame "With the publication of The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, teachers and students in survey and upper-level undergraduate courses have a compelling alternative to the established anthologies from Norton and Longman. Having adopted the first two volumes for an early period survey course last year, I had no hesitation in repeating the experience this year. The medieval volume, in particular, is superb, with its generous representation of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman literary culture, as well as its growing collection of texts from the too little-known fifteenth century. This is a very real intellectual, as well as pedagogical, achievement." - Nicholas Watson, Harvard University "The new Broadview Anthology is wonderful. I'm very pleased-and my students love it too!" - Julian Hanna, University of British Columbia

The second edition of this volume will include Chaucer's "To Rosamond," an expanded selection from Sidney's Astrophil and Stella, and additional material from Elizabeth I. The new edition will also offer an expanded selection from Paradise Lost as well as Pope's Essay on Criticism and a new Contexts section on transatlantic literary currents.