A Short Guide to the World Novel

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A Short Guide to the World Novel
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A Short Guide to the World Novel

Gilbert Phelps
Edition year 1987
Binding Cloth
Weight 1.5 Kg
Pages 402
Dimensions 25.3 × 16.2 cm

Edition details

From Myth to Modernism, A Short Guide to the World Novel by Gilbert Phelps. Quarter green cloth, grey-brown paper boards with a pattern in red, blue and gold by Anna Murray, green endleaves. Dark red slipcase. 25.3 x1 6.2cm. 402 pp.

About the book

A Short Guide to the World Novel offers an accessible introduction to major works and traditions of fiction from around the world. It places important novelists and books within their historical and cultural settings while highlighting the development of different literary traditions. Covering a wide range of periods and countries, the book provides useful context for readers wishing to explore fiction beyond familiar national canons. It serves both as a reference work and as an invitation to discover major works of world literature.

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