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Pankaj Jha, A Political History of Literature: Vidyapati and the Fifteenth Century, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019, 272 pp.

After the Th ird Plenum of the XI convocation of the Central Committ ee was held in 1978, China embarked on the path of reform and openness. Literature and art have become a symbol of a new era. Th e sphere of active research of scientists has become the question of how to describe what is happening at the present stage of the development of literature and art. Gradually, a new historical approach, diff erent fr om the traditional one, was formed, and a historical and philosophical consciousness, not characteristic of the previous time, was formed.

From the death of Alexander the Great to the battle of Ipsus -- From the battle of Ipsus to the conquest of Greece by Romans -- History of Grecian art from the end of the Peloponnesian War to its decline -- Grecian literature from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the latest period. ; From the fall of the four hundred at Athens to battle of Ægospotami -- From the battle of Ægospotami to the overthrow of the thirty tyrants and the re-establishment of democracy at Athens -- Athens, and Athenian and Grecian art during the period of her empire -- History of Athenian literature down to the end of the Peloponnesian War -- Book V. The Spartan and Theban supremacies, B.C. 403-371. The expedition of the Greeks under Cyrus, and retreat of the ten thousand -- From the commencement of the Spartan Empire to the battle of Cnidus -- The Corinthian War : from the battle of Cnidus to the peace of Antalcidas -- From the peace of Antalcidas to the peace of Callias -- The supremacy of Thebes -- History of the Sicilian Greeks from the destruction of the Athenian armament to the death of Timoleon -- Book VI. The Macedonian supremacy, B.C. 356-146. From the accession of Philip to the end of the Sacred War -- From the end of the Sacred War to the death of Philip -- Alexander the Great -- ; Battles of Platæa and Mycale -- History of literature -- Book IV. The Athenian supremacy and the Peloponnesian War, B.C. 407-404. From the expulsion of the Persians to the death of Themistocles -- Rise and growth of the Athenian Empire : from the battle of Eurymedon to the thirty years' truce with Sparta -- From the thirty years' truce to the war between Corinth and Corcyra -- Causes of the Peloponnesian War -- Peloponnesian War : from the commencement of the war to the capture and destruction of Platæa -- Peloponnesian War continued : from the siege of Platæa to the sedition of Corcyra -- Peloponnesian War continued : from the sedition at Corcyra to the peace of Nicias -- Peloponnesian War continued : from the peace of Nicias to the expedition of the Athenians to Sicily -- Peloponnesian War continued : the Sicilian expedition -- From the end of the Sicilian expedition to the overthrow of the four hundred at Athens -- ; Introduction : outlines of Grecian geography -- Book I. The mythical age. The earliest inhabitants of Greece -- The Grecian heroes -- State of society of the Heroic Age -- Turn of the Heraclidæ into Peloponnesus and foundation of the earliest Greek colonies -- The poems of Homer -- Book II. Growth of the Grecian states, B.C. 776-500. General survey of the Greek people -- Early history of Peloponnesus and legislation of Lycurgus -- History of Sparta, the Messenian, Arcadian, and Argive Wars -- The age of despots -- Early history of Athens down to the usurpation of Pisistratus -- History of Athens from the usurpation of Pisistratus to the establishment of the democracy by Clisthenes -- History of the Greek colonies -- History of literature -- History of art -- Book III. The Persian wars, B.C. 500-478. The rise and growth of the Persian Empire -- The Ionic Revolt -- The battle of Marathon -- The battles of Thermoplæ and Artemisium -- The battle of Salamis -- ; Mode of access: Internet.

This book explores the history of literature as a history of changing media and modes of communication from prehistory to the present. It argues that literature has evolved, and continues to evolve, in sync with material forms and formats that engage our senses in multiple ways. In telling the story of these connections, it combines an unusual bird's eye view across periods with illuminating readings of texts from (mostly) English literature.

This book, first published in 1949, is an abridged version of Mirsky's classic two texts on Russian literature, updated with a postscript by the editor assessing the development of Soviet literature. Beautifully written, Mirsky's analyses of Russian writers and literature go hand in hand with his takes on Russian history. From the birth of Russian literature to its Soviet form, this book is a lively and comprehensive examination by one of its leading scholars.

Gjergj Fishta is one of the most extensively analyzed writers of Albanian literature. Although he was disowned during the communist period in Albania, his undeniable literary values brought about a restored interest into his work by many scholars. For a long time, during the communist censorship up. until 2014, many discussions and writings occurred regarding the ban of some writers during the period 1912 to 1939, including Fishta. Such a conclusion emerges due to the fact that various critical and literary works into the history of literature, as well as post-war anthologies, whether individual or group writings, failed to afford Fishta with his due place. Furthermore, following the democratization of Albania, the prohibition of Fishta's writings over the course of half a century has been the subject of many writings. Therefore, this paper will analyze Fishta in communist times, his inclusion in histories of Albanian literature after 1968, which coincided with the year when the manuscript "The History of Albanian Literature 1912 – 1939" was prohibited. In particular, the proceeds with an evaluation and analysis of Fishta's writings in these histories, including the manuscript itself.

Gjergj Fishta is one of the most extensively analyzed writers of Albanian literature. Although he was disowned during the communist period in Albania, his undeniable literary values brought about a restored interest into his work by many scholars. For a long time, during the communist censorship up. until 2014, many discussions and writings occurred regarding the ban of some writers during the period 1912 to 1939, including Fishta. Such a conclusion emerges due to the fact that various critical and literary works into the history of literature, as well as post-war anthologies, whether individual or group writings, failed to afford Fishta with his due place. Furthermore, following the democratization of Albania, the prohibition of Fishta's writings over the course of half a century has been the subject of many writings. Therefore, this paper will analyze Fishta in communist times, his inclusion in histories of Albanian literature after 1968, which coincided with the year when the manuscript "The History of Albanian Literature 1912 – 1939" was prohibited. In particular, the proceeds with an evaluation and analysis of Fishta's writings in these histories, including the manuscript itself.

Focused on the relation between processes of globalization and literary genres, this volume intervenes in the prevalent notions of globalization, literary history, genre, and the novel. Using both close reading and world history, both literary criticism and political theory, the book is a timely intervention in the debates about world, postcolonial, and transnational literature as they have been intensified by critical globalization studies, world-systems analysis, Bourdieuan sociology, and cosmopolitanism studies. It contends that globalization, far from starting in recent decades, has a long and complex history, not unlike the history of literature itself, meaning that when we speak of globalization and literature, we in effect invoke the entire history of literature. Essays examine literary genres in relation to broader historical processes, connecting the present state of globalization to such key world-historic events as the early modern geographical and scientific explorations, the Enlightenment, the expansions of modernity in the long nineteenth and twentieth centuries, postmodernity and postcoloniality, and contemporary counter-hegemonic movements.

Avesta. Ancient Persian Inscriptions. Middle Persian Literature -- I. Ancient Eastern-Iranian Culture -- II. The Culture of the Ancient Medes and Persians -- III. The Middle Persian Era -- IV. The Period of Transition to New Persian Literature (The Advance of Islam and the Beginnings of New Persian) -- History of Persian literature up to the Beginning of the 20th Century -- I. Introduction -- II. The Beginnings of Persian Literature -- III. The Samanids (Middle of 3rd/9th century to end of 4th/10th) -- IV. The Ghaznavid Period (5th/11th century) -- V. The Seljuq Period (5th/11th to 6th/12th century) -- VI. The Prose of the Seljuq Period (5th–6th/11th–12th century) -- VII. ??fism -- VIII. The Mongols -- IX. T?m?r and His Successors -- X. The Safavids -- XI. The Turbulent 12th/l8th Century -- XII. Literary and Associated Species of Prose During the 7th–12th/13th–18th Centuries -- XIII. THE 13th/19th Century -- Persian Literature of the 20th Century -- I. Brief Survey of The Economico-Political Situation in Iran After 1896 355 -- II. Character of the Literary Renaissance -- III. Literary Life in the Years 1921–1941 -- IV. The Main Literary Trends After 1941 -- Persian Learned Literature From Its Beginnings up to the End of the 18th Century -- I. Introduction -- II.Philosophy -- III.Philology -- IV.History and biography -- V.Geography -- VI. The exact sciences -- VII. The natural sciences -- VIII. Medicine and pharmacology -- IX. Encyclopaedias -- Tajik Literature From the 16th Century to the Present -- I. Before the Revolution -- II. After the Revolution -- Iranian Folk-Literature -- I. Introduction -- II. Iranian Folk-Epics -- III. Introduction to Folk-Tales -- IV. Iranian Entertainment Folk-Literature -- V. Written Forms of Folk-Literature -- VI. The Influence of Folk-Literature in Modern Persian and Tajik Literature -- VII. Religious Folk-Literature -- VIII. Dramatic Folk-Literature in Iran -- IX. Verse Forms of Folk-Literature -- X. Riddles and Proverbs -- XI. Conclusion -- Persian Literature in India -- An Outline of Judeo-Persian Literature -- Survey of Dynasties -- Selected Bibliography -- Addenda.

Focused on the relation between processes of globalization and literary genres, this volume intervenes in the prevalent notions of globalization, literary history, genre, and the novel. Using both close reading and world history, both literary criticism and political theory, the book is a timely intervention in the debates about world, postcolonial, and transnational literature as they have been intensified by critical globalization studies, world-systems analysis, Bourdieuan sociology, and cosmopolitanism studies. It contends that globalization, far from starting in recent decades, has a long and complex history, not unlike the history of literature itself, meaning that when we speak of globalization and literature, we in effect invoke the entire history of literature. Essays examine literary genres in relation to broader historical processes, connecting the present state of globalization to such key world-historic events as the early modern geographical and scientific explorations, the Enlightenment, the expansions of modernity in the long nineteenth and twentieth centuries, postmodernity and postcoloniality, and contemporary counter-hegemonic movements.