The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Vol. A: Beginnings to A.D. 100, 2nd Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393924505 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Berkeley, is Associate Professor of English at the University of Southern California. Thalmann, Ph.D. He is the author of Chaucer and the Subject of History; Literary Practice and Social Change in Britain, 1380–1530; and Negotiating the Past: The Historical Understanding of Medieval Literature.Indira Viswanathan Peterson, Ph.D. W. Her publications include Poems to Siva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints.Patricia Meyer Spacks, Ph.D. Harvard, is Professor of Asian Studies at Mount Holyoke College. Shannon Professor of English at the University
Thalmann, Ph.D. Her publications include Critics of Consciousness: The Existential Structures of Literature and Reading World Literature: Theory, History, Practice.Maynard Mack is Sterling Professor of English Emeritus at Yale University.Jerome W. Berkeley, is Associate Professor of English at the University of Southern
Great, but why not buy with other volumes? Bill R. Moore Norton's literary anthologies have long been the standard in every genre, and its World Literature collection is no exception. Their most ambitious offering, it proposes to cover no less than a representative sampling of the world's best and most important literature from the earliest writings to today. This is the first volume - one sixth of the total -, going up to 100 C. E. The range of material is truly incredible in terms of both time and place. The best way to make the s. Good Collection of Stories My university used the Norton Anthology World Lit books for our Literature Courses. I love reading, so I enjoyed these books. They have a great collection of stories from that specific time-period. I also liked that they had information about the works and authors either before or after the stories.If I was just picking a book for casual reading, this wouldn't be it. But if you are needing it for a class or research, I would definitely recommend it.. FicktionPhotography said The Beginnings of Literature. Well after the start of the oral tradition began, the written tradition emerged and what was previously spoken was, hopefully, written down and saved. This anthology attempts to communicate, date, and translate some of the earliest literature known to mankind up until A.D. 100. It begins with Gilgamesh and ends with Petronius's Satyricon. It covers pieces from ancient Greece, China, India, and the Roman Empire. In this way, it details the spread of tradition, of themes, and of
Now published in six paperback volumes (packaged in two attractive slipcases), the new anthology boasts slimmer volumes, thicker paper, a bolder typeface, and dozens of newly included or newly translated works from around the world. More portable, more suitable for period courses, more pleasant to read, and more attuned to current teaching and research trends, The Norton Anthology of World Literature remains the most authoritative, comprehensive, and teachable anthology for the world literature survey.. W. Norton changed the way world literature is taug