Introduction to Literary Context: Introduction to Literary Context: World Literature: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access (Hardcover)

World Literature covers 41 works-novels, short stories, and poems-written by authors from around the world, published between 1719 and 2003. The titles analyzed here spawned from authors representing England, Ireland, Poland, and Denmark, and many others yet the concerns and fears presented in these works, as well as numerous others included in this collection, are universal. Their stories are based on real life experiences and struggles, and explore alienation, science fiction, and the evils of society.