Little Histories: A Little History of Literature (Paperback)

from mimal

UnCorrected Proof from NetGalley and Yale University Press Let me say straight off that whosoever says they have been listening to Desert Island Discs for fifty years, as this author states, is mighty fine with me. John Sutherland introduces us to myth, and the emergence of the literary epic an...

from Kitscot

John Sutherland, author of A Little History of Literature, takes us by the hand and leads us safely through the deep, heavily wooded forest that is the written word. As the author states in his introduction to the book, "...literature is not a little thing. There is hugely more of it than any of ...

from abealy

By now the history of modern literature is several hundred year old and has been through an amazing variety of growth, change, spirited extravagance and history-making importance. It has quieted tantrums and brought down kings. A Little History of Literature is that rare amalgam that can engage t...

from abealy

By now the history of modern literature is several hundred year old and has been through an amazing variety of growth, change, spirited extravagance and history-making importance. It has quieted tantrums and brought down kings. A Little History of Literature is that rare amalgam that can engage t...