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  The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1

  The Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

  by Stephen Greenblatt, M. H. Abrams

  Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published. Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies—thorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possible— The Norton... (more)
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  The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

  by Vincent B. Leitch, William E. Cain, Laurie Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John McGowan, Jeffery Williams

  The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism presents a staggeringly varied collection of the most influential critical statements from the classical era to the present day. Edited by scholars and teachers whose interests range from the history of poetics to postmodernism, from classical rhetoric to ériture féminine, and from the social construction of gender to the machinery of academic superstardom, The Norton... (more)
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  Robinson Crusoe

  by Daniel Defoe

  First published in 1719, it is sometimes considered to be the first novel in English. It is believed his story is based on the real-life Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived four years on the Pacific island called "Más a Tierra."