How Literatures Begin
A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from ancient to modern times
Literature is such a familiar and widespread form of imaginative expression today that its existence can seem inevitable. But in fact very few languages ever developed the full-fledged literary cultures we take for granted. Challengi...
A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from ancient to modern times
Literature is such a familiar and widespread form of imaginative expression today that its existence can seem inevitable. But in fact very few languages ever developed the full-fledged literary cultures we take for granted. Challengi...