Literature of the Western World
- ISBN-10
- 0132208725
- ISBN-13
- 9780132208727
- Series
- Literature of the Western World
- Category
- Literature
- Pages
- 2232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- Brian Wilkie
Description
This survey allows readers to choose among the most important canonical and less-familiar books of the Western literary tradition in Europe and the Americas. Uses the best translations of foreign-language material, and, when appropriate, presents more than one book by each author. It provides extensive analytic and explanatory apparatus, including detailed historical and biographical notes and introductions to six literary periods.
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- 2001
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