Product Description: The Classical Moment is a reexamination of the concept of a supreme moment in the literatures of Greece, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Taking the case of Greece as its starting point, it examines what such 'moments' have in common, how they are created, and what effect they have on subsequent literary creation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides a wealth of information on the ancient classics, as well as the major modern novels, drama, poetry, and prose of China, India, Japan, Korea, and the Middle East, and includes important facts about authors, themes, trends, and more.

Product Description: The Pacific, long a source of fantasies for EuroAmerican consumption and a testing ground for the development of EuroAmerican production, is often misrepresented by the West as one-dimensional, culturally monolithic. Although the Asia/Pacific region occupies a prominent place in geopolitical thinking, little is available to readers outside the region concerning the resistant communities and cultures of Pacific and Asian peoples...read more