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Compact Anthology Of World Literature, Laura Getty, Kyounghye Kwon

English Open Textbooks

Revision Two: 10/12/2016

Editors' Description:

The introductions in this anthology are meant to be just that: a basic overview of what students need to know before they begin reading, with topics that students can research further. An open access literature textbook cannot be a history book at the same time, but history is the great companion of literature: The more history students know, the easier it is for them to interpret literature.

In an electronic age, with this text available to anyone with computer access around the world, it has never been more necessary to recognize and understand differences among …

World Literature I: Beginnings To 1650, Laura Getty, Kyounghye Kwon, Rhonda Kelley, Douglass Thomson

English Open Textbooks

This peer-reviewed World Literature I anthology includes introductory text and images before each series of readings. Sections of the text are divided by time period in three parts: the Ancient World, Middle Ages, and Renaissance, and then divided into chapters by location.

World Literature I and the Compact Anthology of World Literature are similar in format and both intended for World Literature I courses, but these two texts are developed around different curricula.

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