Classical World Literatures

Description:

This title captures the striking similarities between the ways early Japanese writers wrote their own literature through and against the literary precedents of China and the ways Latin writers engaged and contested Greek precedents.

subjects: Classical literature, history and criticism,  Oriental literature, history and criticism,  Classical literature,  Cross-cultural studies,  History and criticism,  East Asian literature,  Klassik,  Griechisch,  Latein,  Chinesisch,  Japanisch