The Longman Anthology of World Literature

By :"David Damrosch","David Lawrence Pike"

Published on 2008 by Longman Publishing Group

Category :"Literary Criticism"

The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Compact Edition, presents a fresh and diverse range of the world's great literature in a single volume that links past and present, East and West, and literary and cultural contexts. Featuring major works by literary masters from the ancient world through the twentieth century--Homer, Sappho, Sophocles, Confucius, Shikibu, Dante, Chaucer, Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Goethe, Milton, Ghalib, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, Kafka, Eliot, Borges, Tagore--this concise anthology combines comprehensive coverage of key works of the Western literary tradition and the best core, enduring works of the literatures of China, Japan, India, the Middle East, Africa, and native Americas. The anthology includes epic and lyric poetry, drama, and prose narrative, with many complete works and a focus on the most influential pieces and authors from each region and time period. The texts are supplemented by contextual materials that help students understand the literary and historical eras from which these texts arose. and illustrations developed by a distinguished editorial team provide a wealth of teachable materials that support and illuminate the selections.

The Longman Anthology of World Literature

Lenght : 2878

Language : en

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