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by: Damrosch, David

ISBN: 9780321851635 | 0321851633

Gateways to World Literaturepresents a fresh and diverse range of the world's great literature in a two-volume set that links past and present, East and West, and literary and cultural contexts at an affordable price. The anthology includes epic and lyric poetry, drama, and prose narrative, with many complete works and a focus on the most influential pieces and authors from each region and time period. Engaging introductions, scholarly annotations, maps, pronunciation guides, and illustrations developed by a distinguished editorial team provide... MORE a wealth of materials that support and illuminate the selections.

 

THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

TIMELINE

 

JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN [MOLIÈRE] (1622—1673)   

Tartuffe (trans. Richard Wilbur)

 

CHIKAMATSU MON’ZAEMON (1653-1725)   

... MOREThe Love Suicides at Amijima (trans. Donald Keene)

 

TSANGYANG GYATSO (1683-1706)

from Love Poems of the Sixth Dalai Lama

 

MATSUO BASHO (1644-1694)  

Selected Haiku (trans. Haruo Shirane)

from Narrow Road to the Deep North (trans. Haruo Shirane)

 

FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET [Voltaire] (1694—1778)   

Candide  (trans. Roger Pearson)

 

ELIZA HAYWOOD (c. 1693-1756)                         

Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze

 

CAO XUEQIN (c. 1715-1763)

from The Story of the Stone (trans. David Hawkes)

 

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 

TIMELINE

 

JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE (1749—1832)   

Faust  (trans. David Luke)

Part 1

     Dedication

     Prelude on the Stage

     Prologue in Heaven

     Night

     from Outside the Town Wall

     Faust’s Study (1)

     from Faust’s Study (2)

     A Witch’s Kitchen

     Evening

     A Promenade

     The Neighbor’s House

     A Street

     A Garden

     A Summerhouse

      from A Forest Cavern

     Gretchen’s Room

     Martha’s Garden

     At the Well

     By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall

     Night: The Street Outside Gretchen’s Door

     A Cathedral

     A Gloomy Day. Open Country

     Night. In Open Country
     A Prison          

 

ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN (1799-1837)

The Bronze Horseman (trans. Charles Johnston)

 

GHALIB (1797-1869)                                                 

I’m neither the loosening of song (trans. Adrienne Rich)

Come now: I want you: my only peace

When I look out, I see no hope for change (trans. Robert Bly and Sunil Dutta)

If King Jamshid’s diamond cup breaks, that’s it

One can sigh, but a lifetime is needed to finish it

When the Great One gestures to me

For tomorrow’s sake, don’t skimp with me on the wine today

I am confused: should I cry over my heart, or slap my chest?

She has a habit of torture, but doesn't mean to end the love

For my weak heart this living in the sorrow house

Religious people are always praising the Garden of Paradise

Only a few faces show up as roses

I agree that I’m in a cage, and I’m crying

Each time I open my mouth, the Great One says

My heart is becoming restless again

 

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867)                    

from The Flowers of Evil  (trans. Richard Howard)            

     To the Reader

     The Albatross

     Correspondences

     The Head of Hair

     Carrion

     Invitation to the Voyage

     Spleen (II)

     The Swan

     In Passing

     Twilight: Evening

     Twilight: Daybreak

     Ragpickers' Wine

     A Martyr

 

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (1821-1880)   

A Simple Heart (trans. Arthur McDowall)

 

LEO TOLSTOY (1828—1910)                         

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (trans. Louise Madue and Aylmer Maude)

 

JOACHIM MARIA MACHADO DE ASSIS

The Psychiatrist (trans. William L. Grossman)

 

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860 - 1935)

The Yellow Wallpaper                                                         

 

HENRIK IBSEN (1828-1906)                                                

A Doll’s House (trans. William Archer)

 

ANTON CHEKHOV (1860-1904)                              

The Lady with the Dog (trans. Constance Garnett)

 

RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1861—1941)                 

The Conclusion (trans. Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson)

 

 

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 

TIMELINE 

 

JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924)                    

Heart of Darkness

 

 LU XUN (1881-1936)

A Madman’s Diary (trans. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

 

JAMES JOYCE (1882-1941)

Dubliners

     The Dead

 

VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) 

Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street

The Lady in the Looking-Glass: A Reflection

 

AKUTAGAWA RYUNOSUKE (1892-1927)

Rashomon (trans. T. Kojima)

In a Grove (trans. S.M. Llippit)

 

T. S. ELIOT (1888-1965)

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

The Waste Land

 

FRANZ KAFKA (1883-1924)                                     

The Metamorphosis (trans. Stanley Corngold)

 

ANNA AKHMATOVA (1889-1966)

The Muse (trans. Judith Hemschemyer)

I am not with those (trans. Judith Hemschemyer)

Boris Pasternak (trans. Richard McKane)

Why is this century worse (trans. Richard McKane)

Requiem (trans. Judith Hemschemyer)

 

JORGE LUIS BORGES (1899—1986)   

The Garden of Forking Paths (trans. Andrew Hurley)

The Library of Babel (trans. Andrew Hurley)

Borges and I (trans. Andrew Hurley)

The Web (trans. Alistair Reid)

 

SAMUEL BECKETT (1906-1989)                             

Endgame

 

NAGUIB MAHFOUZ (1911-2006)

Zaabalawi (trans. Denys Johnson-Davis)

The Arabian Nights and Days (trans. Denys Johnson-Davis)

     Shahriyar

     Shahrzad

     The Sheikh

     The Cafe of the Emirs

     Sanaan al-Gamali

 

AIME CESAIRE

Notebook of a Return to a Native Land (trans. Clayton Eshleman and Arnette Smith)

 

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ (b. 1928)

Artificial Roses (trans. J.S. Bernstein)

 

DERECK WALCOTT (b. 1933)

A Far Cry from Africa

Volcano

The Fortuante Traveller

 

CHINUA ACHEBE (b. 1933)

Things Fall Apart

 

SALMAN RUSHDIE (b. 1947)

Chekov and Zulu 

 

MURAKAMI HARUKI (b. 1949)                                                       

TV People  (trans. Alfred Birnbaum)

 

GISH JEN (b. 1952)

Who's Irish?

 

Bibliography

Credits

Index