World literature and its times : profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them /

Moss, Joyce, -1951

World literature and its times : profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them / Joyce Moss, Lorraine Valestuk. - Detroid : Gale Group, c1999- - 6 v.: ill. 28 cm.

celtic migrations to the reform bill (beginnings-130s).--v.4. British and Irish literature and its times: the Victorian Era to the present (1837-).--v.5. Spanish and Portuguese literatures and their times (Iberian Peninsula).--v.6. Middle Eastern literatures and their times. v.1. Latin America literature and its times.--v.2. African literature and its times.--v.3. British and Irish literature and its times

Examines a wide range of novels , short stories ,biographies , speeches , poems , and plays .Each volume contains some fifty literary works that span a mix of centuries and genre . The content of the literary work has issues which one of the following : social,political , psychological , economic , or cultural . The relevant issue is discussed apart from the literary work , and may establish a connection between the two when necessary and may allow comparison between the literary and historical realities .

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Literature

R PN 501 .M855