WORLD LITERATURE PROGRAM
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: WORLD LITERATURE I

GENERAL

• Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. Reference: D 11 .G78

HERO

• Raglan, Fitz Roy. The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth, Drama. BL 325 .H46 R3
• Van Nortwick, Thomas, Somewhere I Have Never Travelled: the Second Self and the Hero's Journey in the Ancient Epic (Gilgamesh, Iliad, Aeneid). PA 3022.E6 v36 1992

ANCIENT WORLD: EASTERN:

GENERAL:

• Eliade, Mircea. The Eliade Guide to World Religions. Reference: BL 80.2 E415 1991
• Sharma, Arvind. Women in World Religions. BL 458 .W57 1987
• Wilson, Epiphanus. The Sacred Books of the East. (Vedic hymns, Upanishads, Koran, Life of Buddha) PJ 409 .S3 l981

BUDDHIST:

• Carrithers, Michael. The Buddha. BQ 882 .C37 1985a
• Corless, Roger. The Vision of Buddhism. BQ 4012 .C66 l989

CHINESE:

• Birrell, Anne. Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. BL 1825 B57 1993
• Bush, Richard C. Religion in China. BL 1810 .B87
• Creel, Herrlee Glessner. Confucius and the Chinese Way. B 128.C8 C65 l960
• Giles, Herbert Allen. A History of Chinese Literature. PL 2907 .G5

INDIAN:

• Bloomfield, Maurice. The Religion of the Veda. BL 1115 .B566
• Herman, A.L. A Brief Introduction to Hinduism. BL 1212. 72
• Kinsley, David. Hinduism: A Cultural Perspective, 2nd.ed. BL 1202 .K48 1982
• Minor, Robert N. Bhagavad-Gita: an exegetical commentary. PK 3642.B5 M54 1982
• Renou, Louis. Indian Literature. PK 2903 .R543

EGYPTIAN:

• Faulkner, Raymond, trans. Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. PJ 1555.E5 F38 l985b
• James, T.G.H. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. BL 2441. 2 J31971
• Lichtheim, Miriam. Ancient Egyptian Literature. PJ 1943 L5
• Planhoff, Alexandre,comp. The Wandering of the Soul. PJ 1551 .E

GILGAMESH:

• Heidel, Alexander. The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels. PJ 3771. G6 H4 1949
• Tigay, Jeffrey. The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic. PJ 3771. G6 T5

ANCIENT WORLD: WESTERN:

• Clarke, Howard W. The Art of the Odyssey. PA 4037 .C48
• Commager, Steele, ed. Virgil: A Collection of Critical Essays. PA 6825 .A3 1966
• Des Bouvrie, Synnove. Women in Greek Tragedy. PA 3131 .D47 1990
• The Rise of Greek Tragedy: Oedipus the King. Produced in Greek theater, uses masks, conventions of ancient productions. Video cassette: 45 min. Two copies. Media Collection: 332, 1282
• The Role of the Theatre in Ancient Greece. (Concentration on the physical theater.) Video Cassette: 26 min. Media Collection: 1265
• Segal, Erich. Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy. PA 3133 .G68 1983
• Taylor, Charles H., ed. Essays on the Odyssey. PA 4037. A5T3
• The Voyages of Ulysses and Aeneas. Video Cassette and Teacher's Guide: 36 min. Media Collection: 1284
• Wilhelm, James J., Gay and Lesbian Poetry: An Anthology from Sappho to Michelangelo, PN6110.H65 G39 1995

MEDIEVAL WORLD: EASTERN:

• Astin, William George. A History of Japanese Literature. PL 717 .A8 1972
• Bailey, Roger B.Guide to Chinese Poetry and Drama.Reference: PL 2957 .B34
• Kitagawa, Joseph M. On Understanding Japanese Religion. BL 2202 .K49 l987
• LaFleur, William R. The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan. PL 726.33 .B8 l34 1983
• Martin, Richard. Islam, A Cultural Perspective. PP 161.2 .M34
• Menocal, Maria Rosa. The Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History. PN 682.A67 M46 1987
• Noh Theater. Video Cassette: 17 min. Media Collection: 1274
• Rimer, J. Thomas. A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature. PL 717 .R5 1991
• Shifu, Wang. Moon and the Zither. PL 2693 H75E5 1991
• The Style of the Classic Japanese Noh Theater. Video Cassette: 29 min. Media Collection: 1276
• Yoshikawa, Kojiro. 500 years of Chinese Poetry: 1150-1650. PL 2322.5 Y6713 l989

MEDIEVAL WORLD: WESTERN:

GENERAL:

• Benson, Larry D. The Learned and the Lewd: Studies in Chaucer and Medieval Literature.PR 1924 .L35
• Bolton, W.F.,ed. The Middle Ages. PR 166 .M53 1987
• Calder, Daniel,gen. ed.Old English Poetry. PR 201 .04
• Caroler, A.C.,ed. Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays. PR 1260 .E94
• Crosland, Jessie. Medieval French Literature. PQ 156 .C7
• Dante: Divine Poet and Wandering Exile. Video Cassetted and Program Manual: Three 40 min. tapes. Media Collection 1272 (1-3)
• Emerson, Oliver Farrar. Chaucer: Essays and Studies. PR 1905 .E6 l970
• Jackson, W.T.H.,ed. The Interpretation of Medieval Lyric Poetry. PN 691 .I5 1980
• Loyn, H.R.,gen.ed. Middle Ages: Concise Encyclopaedia. Reference: CB 35d1 .M565 1989
• Muir, Lynette. Literature and Society in Medieval France:1100-1500. PQ 151 .M84 1985
• Ramsey, Lee C. Chivalric Romances. (Medieval English) PR 321 .R35 l983
• Spearing, A.C. Medieval to Renaissance in English Poetry. PR 411 .S66 1985.
• Stuard, Susan M., ed. Women in Medieval History and Historiography. UP AP 1897 HQ1143 .W635 l987
• White, D. Jerry. Early English Drama,Everyman to 1580. Reference: PR 641 .W48 l986.
• Williams, Charles. The Figure of Beatrice: A Study in Dante. PQ 4410 B3 W5 1972

RENAISSANCE: EASTERN:

• Cohen, William H.,comp. To Walk in Seasons: an Introduction to Haiku. PL 729 .C6
• Sei Shonagon. The Pillow Book. PL 788.6.M3 E56 l967b

RENAISSANCE: WESTERN:

• Allen, Percy. The Age of Erasmus. CB 367 .A5 l963
• Astington, John H. The Development of Shakespeare's Theatre. PR 3095 .D48 1992
• Bevington, David M.,comp. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Hamlet. PR 2807 .B46
• Bradbrook, M.C. Aspects of Dramatic Form in the English and Irish Renaissance. PR 653 .B67 l983
• Cole, Bruce. Italian Art 1250-1550: The Relation of Renaissance Art to Life and Society. N 6915 .C6 1987
• Davies, Stevie. The Idea of Woman in Renaissance Literature. PR 429.W64 D3 1986
• A Day at the Globe. Video Cassette: 30 min. Media Collection: 1271
• Dickens, A.G.,et al. eds. Background to the English Renaisssance. CB 361 .B26
• Eriksen, Roy. The Form of Faustus' Fortunes. PR 2664 .E74 1987
• Farnham, Willard,comp. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Dr. Faustus. PR 2664 .F3
• Fuller, John.The Sonnet. PN 1514 .F8
• Gelernt,Jules. World of Many Loves: the Heptameron of Marguerite de Navarre. PQ 1632 .G4
• Green, Otis Howard. Spain and the Western Tradition. Reference: PQ 6057.G7
• Hanning, Robert W. and David Rosand. Castiglione:The Ideal and the Real in Renaissance Culture. BJ 1604. C33C37 1983
• Krailsheimer, A.J. The Continental Renaissance: 1500-1600. PN 731 .K7 1978.
• Mancing, Howard. The Chivalric World of Don Quixote. PQ 6358.C54 M3
• Muir, Dorothy Erskine. Machiavelli and His Times. DG 738.14.M2 M75 1976
• Nabokov, Vladimir. Lectures on Don Quixote. PQ 6352 .N25 l983b
• Phillips, Margaret. Erasmus and the Northern Renaissance. B 5350 .E7 P5
• Price, Joseph,ed. Hamlet: Critical Essays. PR 2807 .H2625 1986
• Sanders, Wilbur. The Dramatist and the Received Idea. (Shakespeare and Marlowe) PR 2674 .S2
• Summers, Jos. Holmes. The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost. PR 3562 .S8 l981
• Ward, Philip,ed. The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature. Reference: PQ 6006 .095