This compact anthology—the second volume in Margaret L. King's masterful introduction to the Western literary tradition—offers, in whole or in part, eighty

A two-volume anthology that places the Western literary tradition and its canon within a world context. Selections are divided into 6 major literary periods, wi

Translation has played a vital part in the history of literature throughout the English-speaking world. Offering for the first time a comprehensive view of this

This book begins in a narrow territory, strictly Western, and extends with the passage of time to include the poetry, plays, novels, and works of speculation of