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Product Identifiers
PublisherPearson Education
ISBN-10013018666X
ISBN-139780130186669
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038264360
Product Key Features
Number of Pages2384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAncient World Through the Renaissance
Publication Year2000
SubjectGeneral, Composition & Creative Writing
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorJames Hurt, Brian Wilkie
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number5
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN00-042759
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes2 vols.
Volume NumberVol. 1
Dewey Decimal808.8
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisFor surveys of World Literature or Literature of the Western World in departments of English, Comparative Literature. The most comprehensive, best-selling anthology of its kind, this two-volume survey allows students and instructors to choose among the most important canonical and less-familiar texts of the Western literary tradition in Europe and the Americas. It offers complete texts whenever possible, uses the best translations of foreign-language material, and, when appropriate, presents more than one text by each author. It provides extensive analytic and explanatory apparatus, including detailed historical and biographical notes and introductions to six literary periods., The most comprehensive best-selling anthology of its kind, this two-volume survey enables readers to choose among the most important canonical and less-familiar texts of the Western literary tradition in Europe and the Americas. It offers complete texts whenever possible, uses the best translations of foreign-language material, and, when appropriate, presents more than one text by each author. It provides detailed historical and biographical notes and introductions to six literary periods: The Ancient World; the Middle Ages; the Renaissance; Neoclassicism and Romanticism; Realism and Naturalism; and Modern and Contemporary. Individuals interested in a comprehensive look at Western literature through the ages.