The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction

The Norton Reader has introduced millions of writing students to the essay as a genre. First published in 1965, it is still the best-selling thematic reader--and the only thematic reader that also supports a genre-based approach. The Thirteenth Edition introduces a new generation of editors, almost 50 new essays, and a unique new website that allows readers to sort and search for readings by theme, genre, mode, keyword, and more.

The classic among essay readers.

Linda Peterson (Ph.D., Brown University), General Editor, is a professor of English at Yale University and has published widely on nonfiction prose, notably women's autobiography and Victorian narrative. She has been co-director of the Bass Writing Program at Yale since 1979 and has served as president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.John Brereton (Ph.D., Rutgers University) is a Professor of English, Emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Previously he served as Executive Director of the Calderwood Writing Initiative at the Boston Athenæum. He has taught writing at Harvard University, Wayne State University, Brandeis University, and the City University of New York. His scholarship focuses on the history of teaching English literature and composition.Joseph Bizup (Ph.D., Indiana University) is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Arts and Sciences Writing Program at Boston University. He previously taught and directed writing programs at Yale University and Columbia University. His scholarly interests include nineteenth-century literature, especially nonfiction prose; and writing studies, especially genre, style, and argumentation.Anne Fernald (Ph.D., Yale University) is an Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies at Fordham University, where she directs the first-year writing program at the Lincoln Center campus. She is the author of Virginia Woolf: Feminism and the Reader (Palgrave 2006) and is currently at work on the Cambridge University Press edition of Mrs. Dalloway. Her personal blog is Fernham.Melisa Goldthwaite (Ph.D., The Ohio State University), Professor of English at Saint Joseph's University, teaches creative writing and rhetorical theory. Her books include The Norton Pocketbook of Writing by Students, Surveying the Literary Landscapes of Terry Tempest Williams (University of Utah Press, 2003), and The St. Martin's Guide to Teaching Writing (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003 and 2007).