The World of Literature
Published on 28. February 1998
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Paperback/Softback
2252 pages
978-0-13-439159-5 (ISBN)
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A core text for undergraduate-level courses in Introduction to World Literature.
Unique in perspective and content, this one-volume anthology provides a coherent, manageable selection of major works of world literature. Genuinely global in balance, it embeds familiar great works of the Western or European tradition within the wider literary history that begins in ancient Sumer four thousand years ago. By tracing thematic connections and contrasts among works from differing traditions, it helps students put world literature into cultural, social, and historical perspective.
Unique in perspective and content, this one-volume anthology provides a coherent, manageable selection of major works of world literature. Genuinely global in balance, it embeds familiar great works of the Western or European tradition within the wider literary history that begins in ancient Sumer four thousand years ago. By tracing thematic connections and contrasts among works from differing traditions, it helps students put world literature into cultural, social, and historical perspective.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Pearson Education (US)
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 64 mm
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2082 gr
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978-0-13-439159-5 (9780134391595)
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Content
ANCIENT LITERATURE.
Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
The Descent of Inanna (c. 2000 BCE). The Epic of Gilgamesh (1800-1600 BCE). Poetry of Ancient Egypt (1900-1090 BCE).
The Hebrew Bible (1000-300 BCE).
Genesis. Exodus. The Book of Ruth. The Book of Job. The Psalms. Ecclesiastes. The Song of Songs.
Ancient India.
The Rig Veda (c. 1500 BCE). The Upanishads (6th Century BCE). The Ra ma yana of Valmiki (500 BCE). The Ma ha bha rata (5th c. BCE to 4th c. CE). The Vimalakirti Sutra (1st c. CE). Asvaghosha (1st c. CE).
Ancient China.
Book of Songs (Shi jing) (1000-600 BCE). Confucius (551-479). Laozi (Trad. 520 BCE). Zhuangzi (369?-286? BCE). Mozi (489?-406? BCE). Qu Yuan (340?-278 BCE). Rhyme-Prose (Fu) and Han Dynasty Poetry (206 BCE-220 CE). Sima Qian (145-86? CE).
Ancient Greece and Rome.
Hesiod (8th c. BCE). The Homeric Hymn to Demeter (8th-7th c. BCE). Homer (8th Century BCE). Sappho (b. 630 BCE). Pindar (b. 518 BCE). Thucydides (5th c. BCE). Euripides (C. 485-406 BCE). Plato (429-327 BCE). Catullus (84-54 BCE). Vi rgil (70 BCE-19 BCE?). Horace (65-8 BCE). Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE). From The New Testament: The Gospel of Mark (1st Century CE).
LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD.
The Middle East of the Middle Period.
Three Qasidahs (6th-7th c.). The Qur'an (651- 52). Muhammad Ibn Ishaq (704-767). Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi (932-1025). Farid al-Din Attar (c. 1145-1221). Usamah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188). Abu 'Abdallah Ibn Battuta (1304-1377). The Thousand and One Nights (14th c.). The Book of Dede Korkut (14th c.). Arabic and Persian Poetry.
India in the Middle Period.
Kalidasa (late 4th-early 5th c.). Vidyakara (late 11th c.). Two Bhakti Poets.
China in the Middle Period.
Gan Bao (early 4th c.). Tao Qian (365-427). The Lotus Sutra, ch. 4 (406). Four Tang Poets. Yuan Zhen (779-831). Two Song Poets. Wu Cheng'en (1506-1582).
Japan in the Middle Period.
The Kojiki (712). Manyo shu (8th c.). Japanese Court Poetry (10th-15th c.). Izumi Shikibu (10th c.). Murasaki Shikibu (c. 978-1030). Kamo no Chomei (12th c.). Tales of the Heike (13th c.). N o Theatre (late 14th - early 15th c.).
Korea in the Middle Period.
Hyangga: A Selection of Old Korean Poetry (7th-10th c.). Cho'oe Ch'i-Won (857-?). Songs of Flying Dragons (1445- 47). Hwang Chin-i (1506-1544). Ho Nonshorhon (1563-1589).
Europe in the Middle Period.
The Latin Tradition
Augustine (354-430). Bede (673-735). Abelard (1078-1142) and Heloise (1100-1163). Thomas More (1478-1535).
The Germanic Tradition
Old Norse Literature.
The Romance Tradition
Provencal Poetry (late 12th c.). Marie de France (late 12th c.). Two Middle English Lyrics (14th-16th c.). Marco Polo (1254-1324). Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Francis Petrarch (1303-1373). Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400). Christine de Pizan (1365-1429). Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). William Shakespeare (1564-1592). ). Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO MODERN LITERATURE.
The Modern Middle East and Africa.
Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911). Salwa Bakr (b. 1949.)
Palestine
Fadwa Tugan (b. 1917)
Israel
Yehuda Amichai (b. 1924).
Senegal
Leopold Sedar Senghor (b. 1906).
Kenya
Grace Ogot (b. 1930).
Nigeria
Chinua Achebe (b. 1930). Wole Soyinka (b. 1934).
Modern India and Southeast Asia.India
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Rajee Seth (b. 1935). Salman Rushdie (b. 1935).
Thailand
Angkarn Kalayaanaphong (b. 1926).
Vietnam
Nguyen Huy Thiep (b. 1950).
Modern China.
Cao Xueqin (1715- 1763). Shen Fu (1763-1808?). Lu Xun (1881-1936). Ding Ling (1904-1985).
Modern Japan.
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694). Natsume Soseki (1867-1916). Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972). Abe Kobo (1924-1993). Oba Minako (b. 1930).
Modern Korea.
Sonu Hwi (b. 1922).
Modern Europe.England and Ireland.
John Milton (1608-1674). Alexander Pope (1688-1744). Jane Austen (1775-1817). James Joyce (1882-1941). Virginia Woolf (1882- 1941). Samuel Beckett (1906-1989).
France
Madame de Sevigne (1626-1696). Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Charles Bauderlare (1821-1867). Marcel Proust (1871-1922).
Germany and Czechoslovakia
Fredrich Hoelderlin (1770-1843). Ranier Maria Rilke (1875-1926). Franz Kafka (1883-1924).
Russia
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966).
Poland
Wislaw Szymborska (b. 1923).
The Americas.The Maya
The Popul Vuh (16th c.).
Argentina
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986).
Chili
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).
Columbia
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (b. 1928).
Dominican Republic
Angela Hernadez (b. 1954)
The United States
Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). Ezra Pound (1885-1972). T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). William Faulkner (1897- 1962). Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). Toni Morrison (b. 1931). Irena Klepfisz (b. 1941). Louise Erdrich (b. 1954).
Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
The Descent of Inanna (c. 2000 BCE). The Epic of Gilgamesh (1800-1600 BCE). Poetry of Ancient Egypt (1900-1090 BCE).
The Hebrew Bible (1000-300 BCE).
Genesis. Exodus. The Book of Ruth. The Book of Job. The Psalms. Ecclesiastes. The Song of Songs.
Ancient India.
The Rig Veda (c. 1500 BCE). The Upanishads (6th Century BCE). The Ra ma yana of Valmiki (500 BCE). The Ma ha bha rata (5th c. BCE to 4th c. CE). The Vimalakirti Sutra (1st c. CE). Asvaghosha (1st c. CE).
Ancient China.
Book of Songs (Shi jing) (1000-600 BCE). Confucius (551-479). Laozi (Trad. 520 BCE). Zhuangzi (369?-286? BCE). Mozi (489?-406? BCE). Qu Yuan (340?-278 BCE). Rhyme-Prose (Fu) and Han Dynasty Poetry (206 BCE-220 CE). Sima Qian (145-86? CE).
Ancient Greece and Rome.
Hesiod (8th c. BCE). The Homeric Hymn to Demeter (8th-7th c. BCE). Homer (8th Century BCE). Sappho (b. 630 BCE). Pindar (b. 518 BCE). Thucydides (5th c. BCE). Euripides (C. 485-406 BCE). Plato (429-327 BCE). Catullus (84-54 BCE). Vi rgil (70 BCE-19 BCE?). Horace (65-8 BCE). Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE). From The New Testament: The Gospel of Mark (1st Century CE).
LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD.
The Middle East of the Middle Period.
Three Qasidahs (6th-7th c.). The Qur'an (651- 52). Muhammad Ibn Ishaq (704-767). Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi (932-1025). Farid al-Din Attar (c. 1145-1221). Usamah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188). Abu 'Abdallah Ibn Battuta (1304-1377). The Thousand and One Nights (14th c.). The Book of Dede Korkut (14th c.). Arabic and Persian Poetry.
India in the Middle Period.
Kalidasa (late 4th-early 5th c.). Vidyakara (late 11th c.). Two Bhakti Poets.
China in the Middle Period.
Gan Bao (early 4th c.). Tao Qian (365-427). The Lotus Sutra, ch. 4 (406). Four Tang Poets. Yuan Zhen (779-831). Two Song Poets. Wu Cheng'en (1506-1582).
Japan in the Middle Period.
The Kojiki (712). Manyo shu (8th c.). Japanese Court Poetry (10th-15th c.). Izumi Shikibu (10th c.). Murasaki Shikibu (c. 978-1030). Kamo no Chomei (12th c.). Tales of the Heike (13th c.). N o Theatre (late 14th - early 15th c.).
Korea in the Middle Period.
Hyangga: A Selection of Old Korean Poetry (7th-10th c.). Cho'oe Ch'i-Won (857-?). Songs of Flying Dragons (1445- 47). Hwang Chin-i (1506-1544). Ho Nonshorhon (1563-1589).
Europe in the Middle Period.
The Latin Tradition
Augustine (354-430). Bede (673-735). Abelard (1078-1142) and Heloise (1100-1163). Thomas More (1478-1535).
The Germanic Tradition
Old Norse Literature.
The Romance Tradition
Provencal Poetry (late 12th c.). Marie de France (late 12th c.). Two Middle English Lyrics (14th-16th c.). Marco Polo (1254-1324). Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Francis Petrarch (1303-1373). Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400). Christine de Pizan (1365-1429). Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). William Shakespeare (1564-1592). ). Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO MODERN LITERATURE.
The Modern Middle East and Africa.
Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911). Salwa Bakr (b. 1949.)
Palestine
Fadwa Tugan (b. 1917)
Israel
Yehuda Amichai (b. 1924).
Senegal
Leopold Sedar Senghor (b. 1906).
Kenya
Grace Ogot (b. 1930).
Nigeria
Chinua Achebe (b. 1930). Wole Soyinka (b. 1934).
Modern India and Southeast Asia.India
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Rajee Seth (b. 1935). Salman Rushdie (b. 1935).
Thailand
Angkarn Kalayaanaphong (b. 1926).
Vietnam
Nguyen Huy Thiep (b. 1950).
Modern China.
Cao Xueqin (1715- 1763). Shen Fu (1763-1808?). Lu Xun (1881-1936). Ding Ling (1904-1985).
Modern Japan.
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694). Natsume Soseki (1867-1916). Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972). Abe Kobo (1924-1993). Oba Minako (b. 1930).
Modern Korea.
Sonu Hwi (b. 1922).
Modern Europe.England and Ireland.
John Milton (1608-1674). Alexander Pope (1688-1744). Jane Austen (1775-1817). James Joyce (1882-1941). Virginia Woolf (1882- 1941). Samuel Beckett (1906-1989).
France
Madame de Sevigne (1626-1696). Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Charles Bauderlare (1821-1867). Marcel Proust (1871-1922).
Germany and Czechoslovakia
Fredrich Hoelderlin (1770-1843). Ranier Maria Rilke (1875-1926). Franz Kafka (1883-1924).
Russia
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966).
Poland
Wislaw Szymborska (b. 1923).
The Americas.The Maya
The Popul Vuh (16th c.).
Argentina
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986).
Chili
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).
Columbia
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (b. 1928).
Dominican Republic
Angela Hernadez (b. 1954)
The United States
Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). Ezra Pound (1885-1972). T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). William Faulkner (1897- 1962). Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). Toni Morrison (b. 1931). Irena Klepfisz (b. 1941). Louise Erdrich (b. 1954).