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It was first published in 1973 with a completely revised and updated version in 1985 called The New Guide to Modern World Literature at 1,396 pages. [1] The book covers an estimated 2,700 authors and more than 7,500 titles. [1] It contains a total of 33 chapters that treat all modern national literatures individually or in groups. [1]
The highest-ranked book on the list was the Elena Ferrante novel My Brilliant Friend published in 2012. Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author.
A History of the Modern World is a work initially published by the distinguished American historian at Princeton and Yale universities Robert Roswell Palmer in 1950. The work has since been extended by Joel Colton (from its second edition, 1956) [1] and Lloyd S. Kramer (from its ninth edition, 2001), [2] and currently counts 12 editions.
Johnson describes world history beginning with the aftermath of World War I, and ending with the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.. In the first part of the book, Johnson deals mainly with the shaping of the Soviet Union in the first decades after World War I, the collapse of democracy in Central Europe due to the rise of Fascism and National Socialism, the causes that led to World War ...
Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy: Judith Brown: February 1985: 2nd ed. (May 1, 1994) Barricades and Borders: Europe, 1800-1914: Robert Gildea: June 1, 1987: 2nd ed. (March 1996) 3rd ed. (March 6, 2003) Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1800s to the 1980s: Jack Gray: May 1, 1990: 1800s to 2000, 2nd ed. (April 3, 2003 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World is a 2021 book by Simon Winchester.
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Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000).. The main periods in question are often grouped by scholars as Modernist literature, Postmodern literature, flowering from roughly 1900 to 1940 and 1960 to 1990 [1] respectively, roughly using World War II as a transition point.