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The Literature Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

2016·352 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

Examines "the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100... articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea"--Amazon.com.

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The Literature Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

Year

2016

Pages

352

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

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Examines "the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100... articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea"--Amazon.com.

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