The literature book

Examines "the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 ... articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea"...

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Other Authors: Canton, James (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2016.
Edition:First American edition.
Series:Big ideas simply explained.
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520 |a Examines "the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 ... articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea"--Amazon.com. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Heroes and legends. 3000 BCE-1300 CE -- Renaissance to Enlightenment. 1300-1800 -- Romanticism and the rise of the novel. 1800-1855 -- Depicting real life. 1855-1900 -- Breaking with tradition. 1900-1945 -- Postwar writing. 1945-1970 -- Contemporary literature. 1970-present. 
650 0 |a Literature  |x History and criticism. 
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