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050			_aPN 601.3 .L66 2004
100			_aDamrosch, David _egeneral editor
245		4	_aThe Longman anthology of world literature / _cedited by David Damrosch [and six others]
250			_aFirst edition
260			_aNew York : _bPearson Education, _cc2004.
300			_axxxvi, 1354 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c24 cm.
365			_bPhp335.00
490			_aThe Medieval Era _vVolume B
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_aList of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- The Medieval Era -- Timeline -- CROSSCURRENTS: Contact, Conflict, Conversion -- Medieval China -- Women in Early China -- Poetry of the Tang Dynasty -- PERSPECTIVES: What Is Literature? -- The Song Lyric -- Japan -- PERSPECTIVES: Courtly Women -- Noh: Drama of Ghosts, Memories, and Salvation -- Classical Arabic and Islamic Literatures -- Pre-Islamic Poetry -- PERSPECTIVES: Poetry, Wine, and Love -- PERSPECTIVES: Asceticism, Sufism, and Wisdom -- Medieval Europe -- PERSPECTIVES: Iberia, The Meeting of Three Worlds -- PERSPECTIVES: The Art of Love -- PERSPECTIVES: Theology and Mysticism -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.
520			_aOur world today is both expanding and growing smaller at the same time. Expanding, through a tremendous increase in the range of cultures that actively engage with each other; and yet growing smaller as well as new kinds of tensions, miscommunications, and uncertainties. Both the opportunities and the uncertainties are amply illustrated in the changing shape of world literature. A generation ago, when the term "world literature" was used in North America, it largely meant masternetworks by European writers from Homer onward, together with a few favored North American writers, heirs to the Europeans. Today, however, it is generally recognized that Europe is only part of the story of the world's literatures, and only part of the story of North America's cultural heritage. An extraordinary range of exciting material is now in view, from the earliest Sumerian lyrics inscribed on clay tablets to the latest Kashmiri poetry circulated on the Internet. Many new worlds—and newly visible older worlds of classical traditions around the globe—await us today. -- Preface
650			_aLITERATURE -- COLLECTIONS
650			_aLITERATURE--HISTORY AND CRITICISM
700			_aPike, David L. _eeditor
700			_aHafez, Sabry _eeditor
700			_aShirane, Haruo _eeditor
700			_aYu, Pauline _eeditor
700			_aDamrosch, David _econtributor
700			_aPollock, Sheldon _econtributor
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