Literature and Western Civilization 6 volume set: The Classical World, The Mediaeval World, The Old World: Discovery and Rebirth, The Modern World I: Hopes, II: Realities, III: Reactions.
London: Aldus Books, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976. Hardcover. 25.5 x 19 cm. 6 volume set bound in green boards and in dust jackets. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front free endpaper of each volume. Foxing to the top foredges of each volume. Some shelf wear to the jackets and boards eges are sometimes bumped. Very Good in Very Good dust jackets. Item #60198
From the jacket flap: "...work of literary exploration by more than one hundred distinguished scholars and critics in Western and Eastern Europe and North America. The theme of these volumes is the relationship between literature and the cultural forces of which it emerges; the materials are the primary sources of literature - society, language (including the rise of national literary langauges), ideas and ideologies, aesthetic conventions - and the ways in which these have interacted in different cultures and at different points in history. The work offers at once an investigation of the writer and his world and an insight into the aspirations of civilized man from classical times to the present."
Price: $250.00