Literature a world history / general editors: David Damrosch and Gunilla Lindberg-Wada.
| Other author | Damrosch, David. |
| Other author | Lindberg-Wada, Gunilla. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2022- |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Credo Reference Academic Core |
| Subjects |
| Incomplete content | Volume 1. Before 200 CE / volume editor, Anders Pettersson -- |
| Abstract | "Literature: A World History is intended as a history of literature spanning the world's cultures from the beginnings of recorded history to the present day. In this introduction, we explain how the work is organized and why. We also offer the elements of an understanding of what we mean by literature and its history. What works from these many centuries and cultures should come under the rubric of "literature"? How can we best understand their life in their place and time and their ongoing life thereafter? What kind of history does literature have, and with what relation to broader social history? How should these literary histories be mapped across the world, with its hundreds of past and present polities and its thousands of languages? Literature: A World History proceeds in chronological fashion from antiquity onward, but it is written in awareness that in a very real sense literary history begins in the present - the present of those who deem certain facts to be literary and historical. In this sense, literary history is as revealing of the present as of the past"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Literature Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2022- 9780470671900 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021041181 |
| ISBN | 9781119775737 (volume 1 : ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781119775751 (volume 1 : pdf) |
| ISBN | (volume 1 : hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |