"This book offers an exploration of Isfahan through the lens of seventeenth-century anthologies, referred to in Persian as majmu'a and muraqqa', literally a "gathering together" or "patch-work." Thousands of these visual and literary anthologies assembled everyday texts and obje…
"The Norton Introduction to Literature offers the ideal mix of the stories, poetry, and plays at the heart of every literature course. New contemporary selections include a compelling array by authors such as Junot Díaz, Jennifer Egan, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Patricia Lockwood, an…
"The Norton Introduction to Literature" presents an engaging, balanced selection of literature to suit any course. Offering a thorough treatment of historical and critical context, the most comprehensive media package available, and a rich suite of tools to encourage close readi…
[This anthology] presents a ... diverse range of the world's great literature ... [It] offers extensive selections from Cao Xueqin's The Story of the Stone, the full fourth book of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels; and six longer works in their entirety: Aphra Behn, Oroonoko;…
This volume samples a broad range of literature from the ancient world. It offers extensive selections from The Bible , The Book of Songs , The Mahabharata , The Ramayana , and Virgil's Aenid , as well as seven longer works in their entirety, including The Epic of Gilgamesh and …
