Meet Literature! From Antiquity to Shakespeare

The book by writer and philologist Konstantin Obraztsov will allow you to look at the most important works of world literature in a new way, remember the forgotten and learn the unknown! It is not a textbook or a summary... of university lectures, but an exciting literary journey across Europe through space and time, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, from early Antiquity to the era of Shakespeare. If you recall your school literature lessons with shudders yet have not lost interest in reading, this book is for you. The author will unveil the secrets of ancient mysteries and tell about ancient rock stars. You will follow the trails of dragons and elves, meet real knights on the pages of the first novels, descend into the infernal depths with Dante, and unravel the mysteries of the famous "Hamlet" in Shakespeare's theater.