Reader's Companion to World Literature
Mass Market
(Paperback)
| Author(s): |
Hornstein, Percy, Brown |
| Page Length: |
805 pgs |
| Copyright: |
2002 |
| Weight: |
0.85 lbs. |
| Item Code: |
201447 |
| ISBN: |
9780451528414 |
| ISBN-10: |
9780451528414 |
This alphabetically arranged encyclopedia allows students to navigate through the world's most influential books, authors, literary terms, and movements. An all-in-one reference volume, it will enhance the reading pleasure of anyone who wants to understand writers in their historical setting and relate them to their predecessors, contemporaries, and successors. Its analysis of literary works focuses on content, importance, style, and the relationship to others' writing. This book covers the expanse of world writing, from the myths and poems of the ancients to the radical works that changed the course of modern thought.