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See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world literature. Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing 60 volumes.
"Classic Books" reading lists are used at some universities [2] [3] and have been in modern vogue since at least the early part of the 20th century, with the additional impetus in 1909 of the Harvard Classics publishing imprimatur having individual works chosen by outgoing Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot.
Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world , classics traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin .
European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, essays, and novels) produced in Europe during this period. The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe's 1719 Robinson Crusoe is probably the best known.
The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades by Usama ibn Munqidh; The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione; The Book of Dede Korkut; The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa; The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges; The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe; The Book of Master Mo by Mo Zi; The Book of Mormon translated ...
The Great Illustrated Classics book series offers easy-to-read adaptations of well known literary classics, featuring large print and illustrations on every other page. The series is targeted at children. There are currently 66 titles. [1] [2]
Dracula is a 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.An epistolary novel and a classic of English literature, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles.
Gribben, Alan. "Tom Sawyer, Tom Canty, and Huckleberry Finn: The Boy Book and Mark Twain." Mark Twain Journal 55.1/2 (2017): 127-144 online; Hill, Hamlin L. "The Composition and the Structure of Tom Sawyer." American Literature 32.4 (1961): 379-392 online. Kenny, Neil. "of Literature on Beliefs The Example of Injun Joe in Twain's Adventures of ...