As a preview of the scholarship in A Companion to World Literature, these entries have been made freely available for you to read and download.

Between Realism and Modernism: Chinua Achebe and the Making of African Literature

Bridge Essay: Modern Drama

Bridge Essay: Orientalia

Bridge Essay: The Emergence of Modernity

Faith and Dissidence in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The Gāthās, a Forgotten Masterpiece

Goethe’s World Literature Paradigm

Sappho(s)