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The Art of War

A Norton Critical Edition

Sun Tzu author Michael Nylan translator Michael Nylan editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:4th Nov '22

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This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The new and internationally acclaimed translation by Michael Nylan, accompanied by her detailed explanatory footnotes.
  • A richly informative introduction by Michael Nylan.
  • Fourteen illustrations.
  • Seven interpretative essays on The Art of War’s central themes by Michael Nylan and Shoufu Yin, Benjamin Daniels, Trenton Wilson, Joseph Passman, Alfreda Murck, Li Ling, and Richard Curt Kraus.
  • A selected bibliography.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

"... presents a fresh, distinctive and original rendition of the much-parsed classic... the text is presented in a form that is clear and readily understood and at the same time inexhaustibly rich in meaning." -- New Statesman
"Michael Nylan’s masterful translation of The Art of War brings historical depth to our understanding of the classic and also illuminates its broad significance for our world today." -- Wai-yee Li, Harvard University

ISBN: 9780393617290

Dimensions: 216mm x 132mm x 15mm

Weight: 241g

280 pages

Critical edition