This anthology collects literature from the Western tradition from the ancient world to the 1600s, and includes the traditions of epic poetry from Homer to Milton, as well as the New World epic
Popul Vuh in this edition, a new translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and new selections from the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Qur’an. It includes lyric poetry from the Middle
Ages, Petrarchan love lyric, and Athenian drama, and it opens with a group of texts on creation and the cosmos and adds clusters of texts on travel writing in antiquity and Humanism. It has a
new focus on geography and broad cultural spheres, many new selections, and new translations. Online access is included. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
