{"product_id":"literature-isbn-9780470671900","title":"Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eLITERATURE A WORLD HISTORY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the history of the world’s literatures and the many varieties of literary expression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature: A World History\u003c\/i\u003eencompasses all the world’s major literary traditions, emphasizing the interrelationship of local and national cultures over time. Spanning global literature from the beginnings of recorded history to the present day, this expansive four-volume set examines the many varieties of the world’s literatures in their social and intellectual contexts. Its four volumes are devoted to literature before 200 CE, from 200 to 1500, from 1500 to 1800, and from 1800 to 2000, with four dozen contributors providing new insights into the art of literature, and addressing the situation of literature in the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganized throughout in six broad regions—Africa, the Americas, East Asia, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, and West and Central Asia—\u003ci\u003eLiterature: A World History \u003c\/i\u003eoffers readers a clear and consistent treatment of diverse forms of literary expression across time and place. Throughout the text, particular emphasis is placed on literary institutions within different regional and linguistic cultures and on the relations between literature and a spectrum of social, political, and religious contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures work by an international panel of leading scholars from around the globe, in Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a balanced overview of national and global literature from all major regions of the world from antiquity to the present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the specificity of regional and local cultures throughout much of literary history, together with cross-cutting essays on topics such as different writing systems, court cultures, and utopias\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature: A World History\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable reference work for undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars looking for a wide-ranging overview of global literary history.\u003c\/p\u003eEine umfassende Darstellung der Geschichte der Weltliteratur und der vielfältigen literarischen Ausdrucksformen\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Literature: A World History werden alle wesentlichen literarischen Traditionen der Welt behandelt, wobei insbesondere auf die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen lokalen und nationalen Kulturen im Zeitverlauf eingegangen wird. Das umfangreiche vierbändige Werk betrachtet die Weltliteratur vom Beginn der geschichtlichen Aufzeichnung bis heute mit den zahlreichen Eigenheiten der Literaturen in ihrem jeweiligen gesellschaftlichen und geistesgeschichtlichen Kontext. Die vier Bände befassen sich mit der Literatur vor dem Jahr 200 n. Chr., von 200 bis 1500 n. Chr., von 1500 bis 1800 n. Chr. und von 1800 n. Chr. bis zum Jahr 2000. Dabei geben rund vierzig Autorinnen und Autoren neue Einblicke in die Kunst der Literatur und erörtern die Lage der Literatur in der heutigen Welt.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Literature: A World History wird die Welt in sechs Regionen ? Afrika, Nord- und Südamerika, Ostasien, Europa, Süd- und Südostasien mit Ozeanien sowie West- und Zentralasien ? unterteilt, um den Leserinnen und Lesern die verschiedenen literarischen Ausdrucksweisen abhängig von Zeit und Ort übersichtlich und in einheitlicher Form nahezubringen. Dabei wird durchgängig besonders auf literarische Institutionen in den verschiedenen regionalen und sprachlichen Kulturen sowie auf die Beziehungen zwischen Literatur und einem Spektrum gesellschaftlicher, politischer und religiöser Hintergründe eingegangen.\u003cbr\u003e * Mit Beiträgen einer internationalen Gruppe führender Wissenschaftler aus aller Welt, die in Afrika, dem Nahen Osten, Süd- und Ostasien, Australien und Neuseeland, Europa und den USA tätig sind\u003cbr\u003e * Ein ausgewogener Überblick über die nationale und globale Literatur aus allen wichtigen Regionen der Welt von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart\u003cbr\u003e * Hervorhebung der Besonderheiten regionaler und lokaler Kulturen in weiten Teilen der Literaturgeschichte sowie übergreifende Essays zu Themen wie unterschiedlichen Schriftsystemen, Hofkultur und Utopien\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Literature: A World History ist ein äußerst wertvolles Referenzwerk für Studierende und Doktoranden sowie für Forschende, die sich einen umfassenden Überblick über die globale Literaturgeschichte verschaffen möchten. \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 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Khairallah,\u003c\/b\u003e The American University of Beirut\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the history of the world’s literatures and the many varieties of literary expression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature: A World History\u003c\/i\u003e encompasses all the world’s major literary traditions, emphasizing the interrelationship of local and national cultures over time. Spanning global literature from the beginnings of recorded history to the present day, this expansive four-volume set examines the many varieties of the world’s literatures in their social and intellectual contexts. 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