Textbooks and Open eBooks
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Compact Anthology of World LiteratureThe emphasis in this anthology, therefore, is on non-Western and European works, with only the British authors who were the most influential to European and non-Western authors (such as Shakespeare, whose works have influenced authors around the world to the present day).
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The Ideologies of Lived Space in Literary Texts, Ancient and ModernThe individual articles analyse ancient and modern literary texts from the angle of the most recent theoretical conceptualisations of space. The focus throughout is on how the experience of space is determined by dominant political, philosophical or religious ideologies and how, in turn, the description of spaces in literature is employed to express, broadcast or deconstruct this experience.
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Open Modernisms Anthology BuilderOpen Modernisms is an open, Creative-Commons-licensed online platform that allows teachers and scholars to build custom anthologies of out-of-copyright primary materials for the period 1850–1950.
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Project GutenbergA massive online library of free eBooks, including both fiction and non-fiction titles in the Public Domain.
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Standard EBooksStandard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free.
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World Literature I: Beginnings to 1650This peer-reviewed World Literature I anthology includes introductory text and images before each series of readings. Sections of the text are divided by time period in three parts: the Ancient World, Middle Ages, and Renaissance, and then divided into chapters by location
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Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to PresentWriting the Nation: A Concise Guide to American Literature 1865 to Present is a text that surveys key literary movements and the American authors associated with the movement. Topics include late romanticism, realism, naturalism, modernism, and modern literature.
Open Courses
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The American Novel: MIT 21L.501The theme for this section of this course is the metaphorical, historical, social, and psychological value of ghosts in the American novel. It examines the American novel in the context of the various histories which might be said to haunt fictional characters in the American novel, to haunt the American novel itself, and ultimately to haunt us.
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Major English Novels: MIT 21L.471This course studies several important examples of the genre that between the early 18th century and the end of the 20th has come to seem the definitive literary form for representing and coming to terms with modernity.
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The American Novel Since 1945In "The American Novel Since 1945" students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in this period, focusing on the relationship between writers and readers.
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ENG 111 -- Introduction To Literature IEnglish 111 explores ways that writers portray human experience in their short stories, poems and plays. Through class discussions, lectures and creative responses, students will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of literary works.