Welcome to our World Literature publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

  • Reflect our high scholarly standards
  • Speak effectively to today's college students
  • Represent the most current pedagogical trends

Browse our titles for World Literature courses by selecting from the topic links below.

World Literature in English

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Kafka: A Very Short Introduction

Ritchie Robertson
ISBN13: 9780192804556ISBN10: 0192804553 Paperback , 136 pages
Jul 2005,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$11.95 (03)
An intriguing and accessible account of the life and work of Franz Kafka
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Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction

Adrian Poole
ISBN13: 9780192802354ISBN10: 0192802356 Paperback , 160 pages
Aug 2005,  In Stock

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$11.95 (03)
A fascinating overview of the meaning of tragedy in our culture, from dramatic works to everyday experience
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The Marquis de Sade: A Very Short Introduction

John Phillips
ISBN13: 9780192804693ISBN10: 0192804693 Paperback , 144 pages
Aug 2005,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$11.95 (03)
Introduces the Marquis de Sade as writer and philosopher to new readers
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A New Introduction to Classical Chinese

Raymond Dawson
ISBN13: 9780198154600ISBN10: 0198154607 Paperback , 168 pages
Jan 1985,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$65.00 (06)
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Representative Spanish Authors

Volume II
Third Edition
Walter Pattison and Donald Bleznick
ISBN13: 9780195014334ISBN10: 0195014332 Hardcover , 504 pages
Aug 1971,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$67.95 (04)
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Representative Spanish Authors

Volume I
Third Edition
Walter Pattison and Donald Bleznick
ISBN13: 9780195013269ISBN10: 0195013263 Hardcover , 368 pages
Mar 1971,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$67.95 (04)
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Goethe's Faust

Abridged Edition
J.W. von Goethe
Translated by Louis MacNeice
ISBN13: 9780195004106ISBN10: 0195004108 Paperback , 320 pages
Dec 1961,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$47.95 (04)
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Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Catriona Kelly
ISBN13: 9780192801449ISBN10: 0192801449 Paperback , 184 pages
Sep 2001,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$11.95 (03)
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Hanuman's Tale

The Messages of a Divine Monkey
Philip Lutgendorf
ISBN13: 9780195309225ISBN10: 0195309227 Paperback , 448 pages
Dec 2006,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$30.00 (01)
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

Volume 1: Inferno
Edited and Translated by Robert M. Durling
Introduction and Notes by Ronald L. Martinez
Illustrations by Robert Turner
ISBN13: 9780195087444ISBN10: 0195087445 Paperback , 672 pages
Jan 1997,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$19.95 (03)
"A useful volume for students and first-time visitors to Dante's cosmos."--Publisher's Weekly
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Art from the Ashes

A Holocaust Anthology
Lawrence L. Langer
ISBN13: 9780195077322ISBN10: 0195077326 Paperback , 720 pages
Jul 1995,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$69.95 (04)
"Highlights the reality of the Holocaust with stunning intensity....[W]e are driven, privileged to listen."--New York Times Book Review (front page review)
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Modern Women Playwrights of Europe

Edited by Alan P. Barr
ISBN13: 9780195135367ISBN10: 0195135369 Paperback , 608 pages
Sep 2000,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$69.95 (04)