The Norton Anthology of English literature. Volume 2

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature

EIGHTH EDITION VOLUME 2

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Carol T. Christ

PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PRESIDENT, SMITH COLLEGE

Alfred David

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH EMERITUS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Barbara K. Lewalski

WILLIAM R. KENAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND OF HISTORY AND LITERATURE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Lawrence Lipking

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND CHESTER D. TRIPP PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

George M. Logan

JAMES CAPPON PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

Deidre Shauna Lynch

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Katharine Eisaman Maus

JAMES BRANCH CABELL PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

James Noggle

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND WHITEHEAD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CRITICAL THOUGHT, WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Jahan Ramazani

EDGAR F. SHANNON PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Catherine Robson

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND CHANCELLOR'S FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

James Simpson

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Jon Stallworthy

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY

Jack Stillinger

CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Editors Emeriti

E. Talbot Donaldson, LATE OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY � Hallett Smith, LATE OF THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY � Robert M. Adams, LATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES � Samuel Holt Monk, LATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA � George H. Ford, LATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER � David Daiches, LATE OF THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

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The Norton Antkology of English Literature

EIGHTH EDITION

VOLUME 2

Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor

COGAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF THE HUMANITIES, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

M. H. Abrams, Founding Editor Emeritus CLASS OF 1916 PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH EMERITUS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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Contents

PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION xxxiii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xliii

The Romantic Period (1785-1830) l

Introduction 1 Timeline 23

ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD (1743-1825) 26 The Mouse's Petition 27 An Inventory of the Furniture in Dr. Priestley's Study 28 A Summer Evening's Meditation 29 Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade 32 The Rights of Woman 35 To a Little Invisible Being Who Is Expected Soon to Become Visible 36 Washing-Day 37

CHARLOTTE SMITH (1749-1806) 39

ELEGIAC SONNETS 40

Written at the Close of Spring 40 To Sleep 40 To Night 40 Written in the Church-Yard at Middleton in Sussex 41 On Being Cautioned against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic 41 The Sea View 42

The Emigrants 42 Beachy Head 47