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Literature of the Western World, Vol. I: The Ancient World through the Renaissance
by James Hurt (Editor: Brian Wilkie)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div (1996-12-19)
ISBN: 0132208725
EAN: 9780132208727
Dewy Decimal #: 808.8
Paperback: 2232 pages
Edition: 4
SKU: 00-JXXO-0FFP
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Excellent used condition. No creases or markings.
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Product Description
For 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.
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boring as hell?
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-07-17
0 out of 13 customers found this reveiw helpful
I got a request to review this...there you go. It's for school...of course it's boring.
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A Rhapsody of Words
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-17
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The book is perfect. It was exactly the book I needed and it got here in a timely fashion, all the better since I had waited so late to order it. It is in perfect condition.
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