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An enjoyable account of a lifelong involvement with literature. -John Vukmirovich, Times Literary Supplement This little history takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. Beloved author, John Sutherland, who has researched, taught, and written on virtually every area of literature, guides both young readers and the adults in their lives on an entertaining journey through the wardrobe to show how literature from across the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human. Along the way he introduces us to a wide range of works, enlivening his offerings with humor as well as learning-from Beowulf and Shakespeare to T. S. Eliot and George Orwell, and from the rude jests of Anglo-Saxon runes to The Da Vinci Code. For younger readers, Sutherland offers a proper introduction to literature, promising to interest as much as instruct. For more experienced readers, he promises just the same.Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-139780300205312
eBay Product ID (ePID)209567060
Product Key Features
Book TitleA Little History of Literature
AuthorJohn Sutherland
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year2014
Dimensions
Item Height213mm
Item Width141mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJohn Sutherland
Series TitleLittle Histories
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States