Bibliograph

The written world, the power of stories to shape people, history, civilization, Martin Puchner

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The written world, the power of stories to shape people, history, civilization, Martin Puchner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-388) and index

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platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The written world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

985359625

Responsibility statement

Martin Puchner

Sub title

the power of stories to shape people, history, civilization

Summary

"The story of literature in sixteen acts, from Alexander the Great and the Iliad to ebooks and Harry Potter, this engaging book brings together remarkable people and surprising events to show how writing shaped cultures, religions, and the history of the world"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Alexander's pillow book -- King of the Universe : of Gilgamesh and Ashurbanipal -- Ezra and the creation of Holy Scripture -- Learning from the Buddha, Confucius, Socrates, and Jesus -- Muraski and The tale of Genji : the first great novel in world history -- One thousand and one nights with Scheherazade -- Gutenberg, Luther, and the new public of print -- The popol vuh and Maya culture : a second, independent literary tradition -- Don Quixote and the pirates -- Benjamin Franklin : media entrepreneur in the republic of letters -- World literature : Goethe in Sicily -- Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao : readers of The Communist Manifesto, unite! -- Akhmatova and Solzhenitsyn : writing against the Soviet state -- The epic of Sunjata and the wordsmiths of West Africa -- Postcolonial literature : Derek Walcott, poet of the Caribbean -- From Hogwarts to India

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