<strong>How to Read World Literature</strong> addresses the unique challenges faced by areader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening Damro... » 

How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by areader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening Damroschoffers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer SophoclesKalidasa Du Fu Dante Murasaki Moliere Kafka Soyinka and Walcott.Offers a unique set of modes of entry for readers encountering foreignliterature Provides readers with the tools to think creatively andsystematically about key issues such as reading across time and culturesreading translated works and emerging global perspectives Covers a widevariety of genres from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction anddiscusses how these forms have been used in different eras and cultures «