{"product_id":"literature-9780470671900","title":"Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFull Table of Contents vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume 1 lix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction: Literature, History, World lxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnders Pettersson and David Damrosch, with the collective of editors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflections on the Idea of Literaturelxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Literature: A World Historylxxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Volume 1: The World before 200 ce 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnders Pettersson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 East Asia7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZhang Longxi, Bruce Fulton, and Gunilla Lindberg-Wada\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: East Asia as a Region7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChinese Literature9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetry in Pre-Qin China9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProse Works in Pre-Qin China17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Literature of the Han Dynasty20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Literature of the Jian-an Period (196–220)27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarish Trivedi, Harry Aveling, Teri Yamada, and Susan Najita\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouth Asia31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Vedas, Brahmanas, and Upanishads 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Epics44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollections of Tales48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Tamil Literature54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoutheast Asia57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOceania58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Worlds Apart: Comparing Literary Traditions before the Global Age62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWiebke Denecke\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 West and Central Asia 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs ad E. Khairallah, David Damrosch, and Bo Utas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ancient Near East82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Invention of Writing82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Was Literature?87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Patron of Literature95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible as Literature? 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIran101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Africa107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKarin Barber, Biodun Jeyifo, Eileen Julien, and Steve Vinson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Egypt 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage, Script, and “Literature”108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Egyptian Genres110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrality 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Writing Systems and Cultural Memory128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Damrosch\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Europe141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnders Pettersson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Greece146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreek Epic and Lyric Poetry146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassical Greek Drama 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassical Greek Prose167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature in Greek, 300 bce–200 ce 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Rome180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin Literature before 100 bce 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst-century bce Latin Poetry and Prose184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin Literature during the First Two Centuries ce 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting, Reading, and Literary Thought in Greco-Roman Culture206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks: Greco-Roman Literary Culture in a Wider Perspective209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Americas214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDjelal Kadir, Quentin Youngberg, Albert Braz, and Donatella Izzo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Literatures before 200 ce: Concluding Remarks222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnders Pettersson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFull Table of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume 1: Before 200 ce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume 1 lix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction: Literature, History, World lxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Volume 1: The World before 200 ce 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 East Asia 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Worlds Apart: Comparing Literary Traditions before the Global Age62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 West and Central Asia 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Africa 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Writing Systems and Cultural Memory 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Europe 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Americas 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Literatures before 200 ce: Concluding Remarks222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVOLUME 2: 200–1500\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume 2 ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Volume 2: Peoples, Languages, and Literatures between 200 and 1500 ce 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 East Asia 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Court Literature in East Asia and Europe 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Animal Stories in South Asia and Europe 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 West and Central Asia 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Alexander the Great in Medieval Literature 527\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Africa 542\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Circum-Mediterranean Scene in the First Centuries of the Second Millennium – Mirrored in the Works of Ramon Llull 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Europe 596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Christian and Islamic Mysticism 670\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Americas 683\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVOLUME 3: 1500–1800\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume 3 ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Volume 3: Literature of the World between 1500 and 1800 697\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 East Asia 705\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania 754\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 West and Central Asia 813\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Africa 862\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Europe 892\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Americas 977\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Utopia and Anti-Utopia in the Literary World 1016\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVOLUME 4: 1800–2000\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume 4 ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Volume 4: Literature of the World between 1800 and 2000 1029\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 East Asia 1034\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 South and Southeast Asia 1091\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Oceania, Australia, and New Zealand 1179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 West and Central Asia 1221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Africa 1322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Europe 1413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Americas 1517\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 1547\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402400932183,"sku":"9780470671900","price":490.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literature-9780470671900","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}