The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Compact Edition

by April Alliston, Marshall Brown, Bruce Robbins

The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Compact Edition, presents a fresh and diverse range of the world’s great literature in a single volume that links past and present, East and West, and literary and cultural contexts. Featuring major works by literary masters from the ancient world through the twentieth century, this concise anthology combines comprehensive coverage of key works of the Western literary tradition and the best core, enduring works of the literatures of China, Japan, India, the Middle East, Africa, and native Americas. The anthology includes epic and lyric poetry, drama, and prose narrative, with many complete works and a focus on the most influential pieces and authors from each region and time period. The texts are supplemented by contextual materials that help students understand the literary and historical eras from which these texts arose. Engaging introductions, scholarly annotations, maps, pronunciation guides, a

Genres: Fiction

2880 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Allison]

I used this book to teach World Lit in summer school - 3 weeks of intensive classes. It worked perfectly.

[Eric]

This is the equivalent of the bible for literature.

[Stephanie]

School reading again. One of these days, I'll take a class where I haven't read most of the readings, right?

Michel de Montaigne is cool, though. I'm gonna have to read more of his work.