Literature is a technology like any other. And the writers we revere - from Homer through to Shakespeare and Austen - each made a unique technical breakthrough that can be viewed as both a narrative and neuroscientific advancement. Literature's great invention was to address problems we could not solve: not how to start a fire or build a boat, but how to live and love; how to m...(展开全部)

Literature is a technology like any other. And the writers we revere - from Homer through to Shakespeare and Austen - each made a unique technical breakthrough that can be viewed as both a narrative and neuroscientific advancement. Literature's great invention was to address problems we could not solve: not how to start a fire or build a boat, but how to live and love; how to m...(展开全部)

What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a host of others. How to Read Literature is the book of choice for students new to...(展开全部)

What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a host of others. How to Read Literature is the book of choice for students new to...(展开全部)

大卫·达姆罗什（David Damrosch），哈佛大学厄内斯特·伯恩鲍姆比较文学讲席教授，比较文学系主任。曾任美国比较文学学会会长、哥伦比亚大学比较文学系主任。他著述颇丰，出版的学术专著有《埋藏之书：吉尔伽美什史诗的消失与重现》《什么是世界文学？》《如何阅读世界文学》《比较文学：全球时代的文学研究》《八十本书环游地球》等；主编的世界文学教材和原典选读有《朗文世界文学选集》（六卷）《朗文英国文学选集》《普林斯顿比较文学文库》《劳特里奇比较文学论文集》等。同时担任多家比较文学与世界文学杂志主编或编委。他曾在五十个国家做过文学演讲，作品被翻译成多种语言，是一位在国际上颇具影响力的学者。 译者简介 陈广琛，哈佛大学比较文学博士。现任埃默里大学中国文学副教授。曾获选为普林斯顿大学人文学会成员，并在该校比较文学系任教。主要研究方向为古器物学收藏与文学史之关系、...(展开全部)

How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by a reader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening, Damrosch offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Soyinka, and Walcott. Offers a unique set of "modes of entry” for readers encountering foreign literature...(展开全部)

大卫·达姆罗什（David Damrosch），哈佛大学厄内斯特·伯恩鲍姆比较文学讲席教授，比较文学系主任。曾任美国比较文学学会会长、哥伦比亚大学比较文学系主任。他著述颇丰，出版的学术专著有《埋藏之书：吉尔伽美什史诗的消失与重现》《什么是世界文学？》《如何阅读世界文学》《比较文学：全球时代的文学研究》《八十本书环游地球》等；主编的世界文学教材和原典选读有《朗文世界文学选集》（六卷）《朗文英国文学选集》《普林斯顿比较文学文库》《劳特里奇比较文学论文集》等。同时担任多家比较文学与世界文学杂志主编或编委。他曾在五十个国家做过文学演讲，作品被翻译成多种语言，是一位在国际上颇具影响力的学者。 译者简介 陈广琛，哈佛大学比较文学博士。现任埃默里大学中国文学副教授。曾获选为普林斯顿大学人文学会成员，并在该校比较文学系任教。主要研究方向为古器物学收藏与文学史之关系、...(展开全部)

How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by a reader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening, Damrosch offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Soyinka, and Walcott. Offers a unique set of "modes of entry” for readers encountering foreign literature...(展开全部)

Imagine walking up to a stranger on the subway and asking them for their seat. What about asking a random person on the street if you could borrow their phone? If the idea makes you squeamish, you're not alone-social psychologists have found that doing these very things makes most of us almost unbearably uncomfortable. But here's the funny thing: even though we hate to ask for ...(展开全部)

Humans have a natural instinct to help others. Imagine walking up to a stranger on the subway and asking them for their seat. What about asking a random person on the street if you could borrow their phone? If the idea makes you squeamish, you're not alone--social psychologists have found that doing these very things makes most of us almost unbearably uncomfortable. But here's ...(展开全部)