"A global look at the greatest works of Eastern and Western literature and the themes that unite them, for students and lovers of literature and reading. The Literature Book is a fascinating journey through the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 crystal-clear articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea."--Goodreads.com.

Heroes and legends, 3000BCE-1300CE -- Renaissance to enlightenment, 1300-1800 -- Romanticism and the rise of the novel, 1800-1855 -- Depicting real life, 1855-1900 -- Breaking with tradition, 1900-1945 -- Postwar writing, 1945-1970 -- Contemporary literature, 1970-present.