A History of Western Literature
From Medieval Epic to Modern Poetry
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 the great authors of the past and present from Russia to Mexico. his objective is to tell the whole story of Western writing in languages other than English from the twelfth-century Chanson de Roland to Evtushenkos poetry of the 1960s. Cohen not only presents a factual account of historical growth. The book reflects the authors own judgments and valuations, arrived at in the course of almost forty years reading in the main European languages. A work of original critism, A History of W…
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Weitere Autoren: Cohen, J.M.
- ISBN: 978-0-202-36185-7
- EAN: 9780202361857
- Produktnummer: 3438827
- Verlag: Taylor and Francis
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 382 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 710 g
- Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
- Gewicht: 710
Über den Autor
John M. Cohen (1903-1989) was a widely known critic and a translator of French and Spanish literature. He was born in London and graduated from Cambridge University. His versions of Don Quixote, Gargantua and Pantagruel, and Rousseau's Confessions are recognized as among the finest modern translations.
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