Home›Sources›The Norton Anthology of World LiteratureSourcesThe Norton Anthology of World LiteratureLiterary Anthology, Fourth EditionCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLiterature Atlas. "The Norton Anthology of World Literature." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/norton-anthology-world-literature.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLiterature Atlas. (n.d.). The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/norton-anthology-world-literatureCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{literatureatlas-the-norton-anthology-of-world-literature, author = {Literature Atlas}, title = {The Norton Anthology of World Literature}, year = {2026}, url = {https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/norton-anthology-world-literature}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe standard classroom anthology of world literature in English translation, gathering scholarly headnotes on major authors and works from antiquity to the present across traditions. The anchor reference for this atlas' founding taxonomy of authors, works and movements.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (189 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedW. W. Norton & CompanySource TypeWell-attestedliterary-referenceReliability TierWell-attested1SourcesThe Norton Anthology of World Literaturetier 1W. W. Norton & CompanyClaims Backed By This Source (189 claims)This source backs 189 claims across the atlas. As facts: 84 well-attested, 9 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 22 holds, 27 connected, 2 critiqued Here. Plus 45 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicWorks, 44 claims: 12 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 11 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 12 general references.Genres, 42 claims: 23 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 4 holds, 3 connected, 11 general references.Authors, 41 claims: 11 well-attested, 7 holds, 13 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 9 general references.Movements, 21 claims: 10 well-attested, 6 scholarly debate, 5 general references.Articles, 19 claims: 12 well-attested, 2 holds, 5 general references.Forms, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Well-attested84ArticlesDon Quixote's Ambiguous DebtThe Villa Diodati WagerWhose Novel Came FirstAuthorsDante AlighieriFyodor DostoevskyGabriel Garcia MarquezHomerJane AustenMurasaki ShikibuPetrarchToni MorrisonWilliam ShakespeareFormsThe BalladThe EssayGenresComedyEpicFableHistorical FictionNonfiction ProseRomanceShort FictionThe NovelTragedyUtopian and Dystopian FictionMovementsMagical RealismModernismRealismRomanticismThe Harlem RenaissanceOpen QuestionsThe Homeric QuestionSourcesThe Norton Anthology of World LiteratureWorksBelovedDon QuixoteFrankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusHamletOne Hundred Years of SolitudeThe Castle of OtrantoThe Divine ComedyThe IliadThe OdysseyThe Tale of GenjiThings Fall ApartWilhelm Meister's ApprenticeshipScholarly debate9GenresThe NovelMovementsModernismRealismRomanticismWorksThe IliadThe OdysseyHolds22ArticlesThe Villa Diodati WagerAuthorsEdgar Allan PoeGabriel Garcia MarquezHorace WalpoleJohann Wolfgang von GoetheMary ShelleyTristan TzaraFormsThe BalladThe EssayGenresFableHistorical FictionThe Picaresque NovelOpen QuestionsThe Homeric QuestionWorksFrankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusLyrical BalladsOne Hundred Years of SolitudeThe Castle of OtrantoWilhelm Meister's ApprenticeshipConnected27AuthorsChinua AchebeDante AlighieriFyodor DostoevskyGabriel Garcia MarquezHomerJane AustenMary ShelleyMiguel de CervantesMurasaki ShikibuToni MorrisonWilliam ShakespeareGenresFableMaqamaWorksBelovedBiographia LiterariaFrankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusHamletKubla KhanOne Hundred Years of SolitudeThe Divine ComedyThe IliadThe OdysseyThe Tale of GenjiCritiqued Here2AuthorsMiguel de CervantesWorksDon QuixoteGeneral References45ArticlesDon Quixote's Ambiguous DebtThe Villa Diodati WagerWhose Novel Came FirstAuthorsDante AlighieriFyodor DostoevskyGabriel Garcia MarquezHomerJane AustenMurasaki ShikibuPetrarchToni MorrisonWilliam ShakespeareFormsThe BalladThe EssayGenresComedyEpicFableHistorical FictionNonfiction ProseRomanceShort FictionThe NovelTragedyUtopian and Dystopian FictionMovementsMagical RealismModernismRealismRomanticismThe Harlem RenaissanceOpen QuestionsThe Homeric QuestionWorksBelovedDon QuixoteFrankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusHamletOne Hundred Years of SolitudeThe Castle of OtrantoThe Divine ComedyThe IliadThe OdysseyThe Tale of GenjiThings Fall ApartWilhelm Meister's ApprenticeshipComments (0)No comments yet. 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