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Martin Puchner

The Written World

The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization

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The story of literature in sixteen acts-from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts selected from more than four thousand years of world literature, he shows us how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, the spark of philosophical and political ideas, and the birth of religious beliefs. We meet Murasaki, a lady fro… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-8129-9894-8
  • EAN: 9780812998948
  • Produktnummer: 38004836
  • Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 464 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Abbildungen: COLOR PHOTO INSERT; B/W PHOTOS THROUGHOUT; MAPS

Über den Autor


Martin Puchner is the Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His prizewinning books cover subjects from philosophy to the arts, and his bestselling six-volume Norton Anthology of World Literature and his HarvardX MOOC (massive open online course) have brought four thousand years of literature to students across the globe. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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