Comments on The Broadview Anthology of British Literature
"... an exciting achievement. It sets a new standard by which all other anthologies of British literature will now have to be measured." -- Graham Hammill, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
"I have been using The Broadview Anthology of British Literature for three years now. I love it--and so do my students!" -- Martha Stoddard-Holmes, California State University, San Marcos
"... a very real intellectual, as well as pedagogical, achievement." -- Nicholas Watson, Harvard University
"After twenty years of teaching British literature from the Norton anthologies, I'm ready to switch to the Broadview. The introductions to each period are key to teaching a survey course, and those in the Broadview seem to me to be both more accessible to students and more detailed in their portraits of each era than are those of the Norton. And Broadview's selection of authors and texts includes everything I like to teach from the Norton, plus a good deal else that's of real interest." -- Neil R. Davison, Oregon State University
"Norton's intros are good; Broadview's are better, with greater clarity and comprehension, as well as emphasis upon how the language and literature develop, both reacting or responding to and influencing or modifying the cultural, religious/philosophical, political, and socio-economic developments of Britain. The historian and the linguist in me thoroughly enjoyed the flow and word-craftsmanship. If you have not considered the anthology for your courses, I recommend that you do so." -- Robert J. Schmidt, Tarrant County College
Comments on the new Concise Edition, Volume B
"Broadview has produced an anthology ... that responds to the changing expectations of the contemporary classroom, offering a nice balance between print and online sources, and between the literary canon and diversity. ... The coverage is excellent, all literary genres are amply represented, and the selections are judicious. Detailed author and period introductions provide information on everything from the pivotal events to key political figures to the clothes people wore. ... Visual images nicely complement the [texts]. ... This anthology should prove to be an invaluable resource for teachers and students alike." -- Jonathan Bolton, Auburn University
