Literary Explorations: A Reader for English 2332An Anthology of World Literature. Volume One: Early World Literature to 1700. A textbook for use with Dr. Roy Bearden White's Early World Literature course, English 2332, at South Plains College. This textbook includes canonical works from the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, with representations from Egypt, India, China, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, England, and the Middle East.