The Western Literary Tradition: Volume 2: Jonathan Swift to George Orwell

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Western Literary Tradition: Volume 2: Jonathan Swift to George Orwell
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Margaret L. King
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:536
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreAnthologies
Literary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9781647920340
Audience
General
Illustrations none

Publishing Details

Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publication Date 20 June 2022
Publication Country United States

Description

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 key literary works of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. The texts provided here represent an unusually broad array of languages and traditions, ranging across a variety of genres such as verse, drama, philosophy, short- and long-form fiction, and non-fiction (including autobiography, speech, journalism, and essay). This second volume shares with the first a focus on works by women; numerous texts by Latin American writers are included here as well. King's clear, engaging introductions and notes support an informed reading of the texts while extending students' knowledge of particular authors and problems of interest. The Western Literary Tradition's modest length and cost allow for the use of full-length works-many of which are available in Hackett Publishing's own well-regarded and inexpensive translations and editions-alongside the anthology without adding undue cost to a student's total textbook fees.

Author Biography

Margaret L. King is Professor of History Emerita, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is editor-in-chief of the Renaissance and Reformation module of Oxford Bibliographies Online, and co-editor of the text series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe.