Mario Klarer

A Short Literary History of the United States offers an introduction to American Literature for students who want to acquaint themselves with the most important periods, authors, and works of American literary history. Meer

Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean explores the early modern genre of European Barbary Coast captivity narratives from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Meer

In this classic beginner's guide to English literature, Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in the study of literary texts, looking at:definitions of key terms such as literature and textthe genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and filmperiods and classifications of literaturetheoretical approaches to textsthe use of secondary resourcesguidelines for writing research essays

The new and expanded edition is fully updated to include:a wider range of textual examples from world literatureadditional references to contemporary cinema, a section on comparative literaturean extended survey of literary periods and genresrecent changes in MLA guidelinesinformation on state-of-the-art citation management softwarethe use and abuse of online resources. Meer

Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature is a collection of selected essays about the transformations of captivity experiences in major early modern texts of world literature and popular media, including works by Cervantes, de Vega, Defoe, Rousseau, and Mozart. Meer