John Sutherland
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter, this rollicking romp through the world of literature reveals how writings from all over the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human.
Author
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
An engaging guide to a rich literary heritage, The Stanford Companion presents a fascinating parade of novels, authors, publishers, editors, reviewers, illustrators, and periodicals that created the culture of Victorian fiction. Its more than 6,000 alphabetical entries provide an incomparable range of useful and little-known source material, its scholarship enlivened by the author's wit and candor.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 170
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap.