The Norton Reader

The classic reader that has introduced millions of students to the essay as a genre.

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. The classic reader that has introduced millions of students to the essay as a genre--available in a concise edition.

The Norton Reader offers 150 ways to inspire your students to think and write about ideas and issues that matter. The most diverse selection of essays, carefully curated, are now more closely connected with new chapter introductions. Essays on timely issues and ideas will engage students, and trusted apparatus will help them read and write. The new edition features more than 60 new contemporary essays, three new chapters, and a new framework for connecting the selections, along with online adaptive learning activities in InQuizitive for Writers that provide additional instruction in sentence editing and working with sources.

The perfect supplement to introductory psychology texts, The Norton Psychology Reader includes the best contemporary writing on the study of human behavior.

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. Commemorating 50 years of the The Norton Reader, in a portable and affordable format.

Film Analysis offers concise analyses of fifty diverse and historically significant films—each written exclusively for the text by a leading scholar. Written with the undergraduate in mind, the essays are clear, readable, and great models for students to follow in helping them to hone their own writing. The Second Edition includes six new essays, a new, detailed guide to writing film analysis, and an extensive, up-to-date glossary of critical film terms.

The Little Norton Reader presents 50 essays from the first 50 years of The Norton Reader, classics like the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" along with newer favorites such as "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" and "Fun Home." Its small size makes it portable, and its low price makes it affordable.