-     New Translation features help students to understand issues of translation, by presenting brief selections in their original language, accompanied by two or three translations that demonstrate how in different contexts translations can choose to convey the original in innovative and expressive new ways.   Volume F includes translation features for Franz Kafka and Fernando Pessoa. 

-     Each of our Perspectives features is now followed by a  Crosscurrents feature, which will highlight additional connections for students to explore.

-     Streamlined coverage helps you to focus on the readings you need for the course. 

-     New readings include many selections that were widely requested by world literature professors from across the country, including major new selections such as Leslie Marmon Silko's Yellow Women.  

-     An improved Table of Contents and Index will help you locate resources faster.

-     Pull out quotations have been added to help draw student interest and highlight important information.

-     New headings have been integrated throughout the text to guide reading.

-     An enhanced Companion Website adds a multitude of resources, including an interactive timeline, practice quizzes, research links, a glossary of literary terms, an audio glossary that provides the accepted pronunciations of author, character, and selection names from the anthology, audio recordings of our translations features, and sample syllabi.