Aspects of Contemporary World Literature
Title | Aspects of Contemporary World Literature PDF eBook |
Author | P. Bayapa Reddy |
Publisher | Atlantic Publishers & Dist |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN | 9788126909759 |
Festschrift volume dedicated to Kamjula Venkata Reddy, b. 1939, former Professor of English, Sri Krishnadevaraya University; contributed articles; some previously published.
The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature
Title | The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature PDF eBook |
Author | John Sturrock |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Literature, Modern |
ISBN | 9780192833181 |
opinion, the Guide offers a discriminating - and sometimes controversial - view of a broad range of contemporary literatures.
The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction
Title | The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | M.A. Orthofer |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 423 |
Release | 2016-04-19 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0231518501 |
A user-friendly reference for English-language readers who are eager to explore contemporary fiction from around the world. Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this guide introduces the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge Chinese works to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels. The book's critical selection of titles defines the arc of a country's literary development. Entries illuminate the fiction of individual nations, cultures, and peoples, while concise biographies sketch the careers of noteworthy authors. Compiled by M. A. Orthofer, an avid book reviewer and the founder of the literary review site the Complete Review, this reference is perfect for readers who wish to expand their reading choices and knowledge of contemporary world fiction. “A bird's-eye view of titles and authors from everywhere―a book overfull with reminders of why we love to read international fiction. Keep it close by.”—Robert Con Davis-Udiano, executive director, World Literature Today “M. A. Orthofer has done more to bring literature in translation to America than perhaps any other individual. [This book] will introduce more new worlds to you than any other book on the market.”—Tyler Cowen, George Mason University “A relaxed, riverine guide through the main currents of international writing, with sections for more than a hundred countries on six continents.”—Karan Mahajan, Page-Turner blog, The New Yorker
Contemporary World Literature
Title | Contemporary World Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Chinua Achebe |
Publisher | Everyman's Library |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010-12-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780307700827 |
An extraordinary collection of renowned world literature including Nobel Prize winners and beloved fiction writers in beautiful, enduring hardcover editions with elegant cloth sewn bindings, gold stamped covers, and silk ribbon markers. Titles included: The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World
Title | Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Beissinger |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 1999-03-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780520210387 |
Fourteen essays on epic, oral and literary, from ancient to modern, from the Americas to India.
The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry
Title | The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | J. D. McClatchy |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 690 |
Release | 1996-06-25 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0679741151 |
This groundbreaking volume may well be the poetry anthology for the global village. As selected by J.D. McClatchy, this collection includes masterpieces from four continents and more than two dozen languages in translations by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney. Among the countries and writers represented are: Bangladesh--Taslima Nasrin Chile--Pablo Neruda China--Bei Dao, Shu Ting El Salvador--Claribel Alegria France--Yves Bonnefoy Greece--Odysseus Elytis, Yannis Ritsos India--A.K. Ramanujan Israel--Yehuda Amichai Japan--Shuntaro Tanikawa Mexico--Octavio Paz Nicaragua--Ernesto Cardenal Nigeria--Wole Soyinka Norway--Tomas Transtromer Palestine--Mahmoud Darwish Poland--Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw Milosz Russia--Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko Senegal--Leopold Sedar Senghor South Africa--Breyten Breytenbach St. Lucia, West Indies--Derek Walcott
Contemporary World Fiction
Title | Contemporary World Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Juris Dilevko |
Publisher | Libraries Unlimited |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-03-17 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1591583535 |
What people in North America learn about other cultures and countries is often filtered through Western perspectives and sensibilities. One way to get beyond that sometimes-one-dimensional view is to sample stories of other countries and cultures as told by people who live in those lands and speak their languages.