Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know). This hybrid language, dubbed Rotwelsch, facilitated survival for people in flight-whether escaping...

The story of literature in sixteen acts-from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable...

What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"-the meaning and purpose of our existence,...

The Norton Anthology of World Literature

"Literature for a Changing Planet" von Martin Puchner untersucht die Rolle der Literatur in Zeiten des ökologischen Wandels. Puchner argumentiert, dass Literatur nicht nur ein Spiegel der Gesellschaft ist, sondern auch aktiv zur...

Die Geschichte unserer Zivilisationen in den vergangenen vier Jahrtausenden ist eine Geschichte des geschriebenen Wortes. Die Verschriftlichung von Gründungsmythen, Erzählungen über Recht und Unrecht hat Weltreiche mehr verändert als...

From clay tablets to the printing press.From the pencil to the internet.From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter.This is the true story of literature -- of how great texts and technologies have shaped cultures and civilizations and...

Theaterfeinde von Puchner, Martin