Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching: A Guide for TeachingThis is a collection of 46 essays by specialists in Asian literature, who offer a wide range of possibilities for introducing Asian literature to English-speaking students. It is intended to help in promoting multicultural education. |
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Poetry of Love and Loss | |
Classical Tamil Poetry and Tamil Poetics | |
Devotional Poetry of Medieval North India | |
Hindi | |
Urdu | |
The Poems and Stories of Rabindranath Tagore | |
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