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Faramarz-nama, a story about the Persian hero Faramarz; The Garshasp-nama of Asadi Tusi, a Persian epic about the hero Garshasp; Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran and world's longest epic poetry written by one poet; Shahriyarnameh, is an epic poem in Persian which relates the stories of Shahriyar son of Borzu son of Sohrab son of Rostam
Bhagavata Purana "Stories of the Lord", based on earlier sources; Lay of Hildebrand and Muspilli (Old High German, c. 870) Kakawin Ramayana, Javanese version of the Ramayana (c. 870) Shahnameh (Persian literature; details Persian legend and history from prehistoric times to the fall of the Sassanid Empire, by Ferdowsi)
World literature is used to refer to the world's total national literature and the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. In the past, it primarily referred to the masterpieces of Western European literature .
The Blazing World (1666) by Margaret Cavendish – Describes a utopian society in a story mixing science-fiction, adventure, and autobiography. [3] The Isle of Pines (1668) by Henry Neville – Five people are shipwrecked on an idyllic island in the Southern Hemisphere. [16] The History of the Sevarites or Sevarambi (1675) by Denis Vairasse [3]
Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media, including stone, clay tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal.
The Mahabharata, the world's longest epic poem, many of whose stories deal with the lives of Indian mythological characters, most notably Krishna; Nasreddin (1208-1285) is a character in the folklore of the Muslim world from the Balkans to China, and a hero of humorous short stories and satirical anecdotes. [1]
It includes the world of Narnia, Earth of the 1940s and 1950s, and other possible worlds (such as Charn) suggested by The Magician's Nephew. Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four: Nineteen-Eighty Four: 1949 George Orwell: A perpetually war-torn world ruled by super-states. Nehwon "The Jewels in the Forest" 1939 Fritz Leiber
This is a list of the most translated literary works (including novels, plays, series, collections of poems or short stories, and essays and other forms of literary non-fiction) sorted by the number of languages into which they have been translated.