# ENG 231: World Literature I

- By: Brendan Shapiro
- Publisher: College of Southern Nevada
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/College_of_Southern_Nevada/ENG_231%3A_World_Literature_I)
- Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
- Read at LibreTexts: https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/College_of_Southern_Nevada/ENG_231%3A_World_Literature_I
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-344329/pdf

This textbook of world literature covers the time period from earliest texts to c1651. In the “Professor’s Introductions” that precede each reading, you will find information to guide and enhance your understanding of the reading selections themselves. The introductions are based on close analysis of each of the readings presented here, and intensive scrutiny of their social and historical contexts. Readings themselves are all from openly licensed and/or Public Domain sources.