TY  - BOOK
AU  - McRae,John
AU  - Vethamani,Malachi Edwin
TI  - Now read on: a course in multicultural reading 
SN  - 0415182174 (pbk.) :
AV  - PR9085 .N69 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Commonwealth literature (English)
KW  - Pluralism (Social sciences)
KW  - Commonwealth countries
KW  - Literary collections
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Cultural relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Now Read On is the first anthology to bring together literatures in English, from around the world, on an equal footing. Featuring works by writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde, William Carlos Williams, Grace Paley and Anita Desai, this unique collection contains approximately 80 texts and extracts of texts in English. With its variety of genres -- poetry, short stories, drama, novel -- and a wide range of countries represented, including India, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa and Great Britain, it offers the reader a delectable sampling of the written word from the world over
ER  -