| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
xxxiv, 1467, 33 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Volume B. I. Circling the Mediterranean : Europe and the Islamic world. The Christian Bible : the New Testament Gospels -- The golden ass / Apuleius -- Confessions / Augustine -- The Qur'an -- Beowulf -- Shahnameh (Book of Kings) / Abolqasem Ferdowsi -- from Song of Roland -- The scholar's guide / Petrus Alfonsi -- Marie de France -- from The conference of the birds / Farid Ud-Din Attar -- Jalal Ad-Din Muhammad Rumi -- Dante Alighieri -- The glory of kings / Kebra Nagast -- The thousand and one nights -- from Decameron / Giovanni Boccaccio -- from Canterbury Tales / Geoffrey Chaucer -- Sir Gawain and the green knight -- The book of the city of ladies / Christine de Pizan -- II. India's classic age. Pañcatantra / Viṣṇuśarman -- Śakuntalā and the ring of recollection / Kālidāsa -- Classical Sanskrit lyric -- from Kathāsaristsāgara / Somadeva -- III. Medieval China. Tao Qian -- Hanshan -- Tang poetry -- The story of Yingying / Yuan Zhen -- from Records on metal and stone ; Song lyrics / Li Qingzhao -- IV. Japan's classical age. The Man'yōshū (Collection of myriad leaves) -- Poetry of the Heian court -- from Tosa diary / Ki No Tsurayuki -- from The pillow book / Sei Shōnagon -- from The tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu -- An account of a ten-foot-square hut / Kamo No Chōmei -- The tales of the Heike. |
| Subject |
Literature -- Collections.
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anthologies. (CStmoGRI)aat300026037
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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| Genre/Form |
Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Collections. (OCoLC)fst01424032
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Puchner, Martin, 1969- editor.
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Akbari, Suzanne Conklin, editor.
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| Cover Title |
Norton anthology world literature |
| ISBN |
9780393602821 (paperback) |
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0393602826 (paperback) |
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