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The Longman Anthology of British Literature (The Early Modern Period)
by Clare Carroll (Editor: Constance Jordan)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group (1999-08-04)
ISBN: 0321067630
EAN: 9780321067630
Dewy Decimal #: 820.8003
Textbook Binding: 2025 pages
SKU: 00-JUQW-0FFP
Condition: As New
Comments: Perfect condition. Appears to be unread. No marks or highlights, binding uncreased.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Compact Edition of the first new anthology of British Literature in 25 years, The Longman Anthology of British Literature, Compact Edition presents the varieties of British literature within the dynamic cultural landscape of the British Isles. From the Middle Ages to the present, the Compact Edition is available in a single volume for the one-semester course or in two volumes (A and B) for the two-semester course.
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Customer Reviews
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Excellent variety of selections
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-09-03
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I appreciate the breadth and balance of the selection of materials in the Longman Anthology, particularly in comparison with the Norton Anthology. While the Norton Anthology has more prestige, it has some curious choices of material (granted I own the 7th edition some improvements may have been made in newer issues). Where the Longman anthology (in a one-volume anthology no less) has a verse translation of Beowulf, Norton has a turgid prose translation. Norton completely ignores Arthurian literature (apart from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and a tad of Malory). Norton devotes 250 pages to Edmund Spenser (as opposed to 120 to Chaucer and 150 to Shakespeare). In virtually every time period, the Longman anthology shows better editorial decision-making. David Damrosch also does an excellent job selecting works that are crucial to the development of English Literature along with the works that represent the pinnacle of accomplishment. For instance, it is easier to trace the impact of personal journals, travel literature, literary periodicals and essays on the development of the novel using the Longman Anthology because of their superior organization of this material. Finally, the inclusion of many examples of contemporary criticism, social documents and grouping of material into natural thematic topics allows a teacher to demonstrate the impact of society on, and the social consequences of, literature in an organic way. This method gives teachers the ability to easily teach literature in concert with history, philosophy and the other humanities. Considering that this anthology is only now in its first few editions, it represents a very strong entry in the marketplace. I have been very pleased using it. The typesetting and sturdy paper are also an improvement on many other available anthologies.
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Excellent anthology for many levels
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-12-11
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The book pictured here is the first edition. Longman is now in its second edition. Both are excellent for their copious selection of canonical authors and inclusion of women writers and
sociopolitical contexts. The new edition also contains superb color plates and a few corrections;I have written elsewhere about it.
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I continue to use and enjoy
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-10-29
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
...this is an excellent anthology, packed with both canonical authors and new, more marginal, figures. Printed on thin "bible paper" but with very little bleed-through, its wide range and beautiful color plates make it ideal for survey courses and, with a few supplements, for upper level courses.
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Loaded with errors and unreliable
Rating  (1)
Date: 2002-06-21
3 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
The biography of Sir Thomas Wyatt states that "Anne implicated by association those who were supposed to have been her lovers." It was her musician, Mark Smeaton, who was arrested before she was and tortured, who was made to confess possible names, since the charges were trumped up anyway by Thomas Cromwell; Anne implicated no one. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is listed as having died in 1545; his actual execution date was January 19, 1547, since he wasn't even arrested and charged until 1546, a year after his supposed death, according to Longman. The anthology is generous in its introductory essay where it states that Henry VIII's reasons for breaking with Rome were "many and complex," since the primary motivating factor for his doing so was to be rid of Catherine of Aragon so he could wed Anne Boleyn.I'm only 60 pages into the anthology but the errors are unsurprising, given the number of similar errors in Volume 1A. A disappointment: buy the Norton anthology edited by the respected M. H. Abrams instead.
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