Written World
How Literature Shaped History
From clay tablets to the printing press.From the pencil to the internet.From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter.This is the true story of literature -- of how great texts and technologies have shaped cultures and civilizations and altered human history.The inventions of paper, the printing press and the world wide web are usually considered the major influences on the way we share stories. Less well known is the influence of Greek generals, Japanese court ladies, Spanish adventurers, Malian singers and American astronauts, and yet all of them played a crucial role in shaping and spreading literature as we know it today.The Written World te…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78378-315-1
- EAN: 9781783783151
- Produktnummer: 35942894
- Verlag: Granta Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Martin Puchner holds the Byron and Anita Wien Chair in Drama, English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. He has published over a dozen books, collections, and anthologies, and is the general editor of the six volume Norton Anthology of World Literature, used by students worldwide. He has written for the London Review of Books, Raritan Review, Bookforum and N+1.
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