The art, literature and philosophy of the ancient Greeks and Romans have cast a long shadow on the modern world, providing the resources to help contemporary societies tackle fundamental questions ...

This introductory course focuses on the cultural syncretism and the global diversity of Jewish experience. It provides a comparative understanding of Jewish culture from antiquity to the present, ...

In his excellent introduction to Edith Wharton’s The Writing of Fiction, the author and critic Brandon Taylor offers an observation that bears repeating: Literature from the past may contain dated ...

Machine generated contents note: Preliminary lesson: phonology and orthography; 1. Instransitive verbs, word order, absolutive suffix; 2. Nouns and nominal predicates ...

Since America’s founding, the diversity of American writers has shaped its literature. Authors and poets of the past have created a colorful collection of works that are still studied today alongside ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This essay examines the process by which Wang Guowei placed Chinese dramatic history into the modern Chinese literary canon. It explores how ...