Publisher's Synopsis
This two-volume reader contains a treasury of readings selected from the civilizations of the world - 30 primary source selections in each volume (15 from the East, 15 from the West). Discourse types represented include fiction, drama, poetry, philosophical, religions, political, speeches, social commmentary, and historical. Each volume is arranged chronologically into three parts: each part containing ten sections (five Eastern, five Western). Five themes - love, death, the good life, war and peace, and virtue and the individual - are represented by both Eastern and Western readings in each part, offering instructors the option of assigning readings by theme rathern than chronology.
