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LITERATURE A WORLD HISTORY
An exploration of the history of the world’s literatures and the many varieties of literary expression
Literature: A World Historyencompasses all the world’s major literary traditions, emphasizing the interrelationship of local and national cultures over time. Spanning global literature from the beginnings of recorded history to the present day, this expansive four-volume set examines the many varieties of the world’s literatures in their social and intellectual contexts. Its four volumes are devoted to literature before 200 CE, from 200 to 1500, from 1500 to 1800, and from 1800 to 2000, with four dozen contributors providing new insights into the art of literature, and addressing the situation of literature in the world today.
Organized throughout in six broad regions–Africa, the Americas, East Asia, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, and West and Central Asia–Literature: A World History offers readers a clear and consistent treatment of diverse forms of literary expression across time and place. Throughout the text, particular emphasis is placed on literary institutions within different regional and linguistic cultures and on the relations between literature and a spectrum of social, political, and religious contexts.
* Features work by an international panel of leading scholars from around the globe, in Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and the United States
* Provides a balanced overview of national and global literature from all major regions of the world from antiquity to the present
* Highlights the specificity of regional and local cultures throughout much of literary history, together with cross-cutting essays on topics such as different writing systems, court cultures, and utopias
Literature: A World History is an invaluable reference work for undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars looking for a wide-ranging overview of global literary history.
An exploration of the history of the world’s literatures and the many varieties of literary expression
Literature: A World Historyencompasses all the world’s major literary traditions, emphasizing the interrelationship of local and national cultures over time. Spanning global literature from the beginnings of recorded history to the present day, this expansive four-volume set examines the many varieties of the world’s literatures in their social and intellectual contexts. Its four volumes are devoted to literature before 200 CE, from 200 to 1500, from 1500 to 1800, and from 1800 to 2000, with four dozen contributors providing new insights into the art of literature, and addressing the situation of literature in the world today.
Organized throughout in six broad regions–Africa, the Americas, East Asia, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, and West and Central Asia–Literature: A World History offers readers a clear and consistent treatment of diverse forms of literary expression across time and place. Throughout the text, particular emphasis is placed on literary institutions within different regional and linguistic cultures and on the relations between literature and a spectrum of social, political, and religious contexts.
* Features work by an international panel of leading scholars from around the globe, in Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and the United States
* Provides a balanced overview of national and global literature from all major regions of the world from antiquity to the present
* Highlights the specificity of regional and local cultures throughout much of literary history, together with cross-cutting essays on topics such as different writing systems, court cultures, and utopias
Literature: A World History is an invaluable reference work for undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars looking for a wide-ranging overview of global literary history.
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About the author
General EditorDavid Damrosch, Harvard University
Gunilla Lindberg-Wada, Stockholm University
Volume Editor
Anders Pettersson, Umeå University
Regional Editors
Africa: Eileen Julien, Indiana University Bloomington
The Americas: Djelal Kadir, Pennsylvania State University
East Asia: Zhang Longxi, City University of Hong Kong
Europe: Anders Pettersson, Umeå University
South and Southeast Asia and Oceania: Harish Trivedi, University of Delhi
West and Central Asia: As¯, ad E. Khairallah, The American University of Beirut
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 1776 ● ISBN 9781119775751 ● File size 26.2 MB ● Editor Theo D’haen & Bo Utas ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2022 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8454778 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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