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What is World Literature?
David Damrosch
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Description for What is World Literature?
Paperback. Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
World literature was long defined in North America as an established canon of European masterpieces, but an emerging global perspective has challenged both this European focus and the very category of "the masterpiece." The first book to look broadly at the contemporary scope and purposes of world literature, What Is World Literature? probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a rapidly changing world. In case studies ranging from the Sumerians to the Aztecs and from medieval mysticism to postmodern metafiction, David Damrosch looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. Presenting world ... Read more
World literature was long defined in North America as an established canon of European masterpieces, but an emerging global perspective has challenged both this European focus and the very category of "the masterpiece." The first book to look broadly at the contemporary scope and purposes of world literature, What Is World Literature? probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a rapidly changing world. In case studies ranging from the Sumerians to the Aztecs and from medieval mysticism to postmodern metafiction, David Damrosch looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. Presenting world ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Translation/Transnation
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691049861
SKU
V9780691049861
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About David Damrosch
David Damrosch is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and President of the American Comparative Literature Association for 2002/03. His books include "The Narrative Covenant, We Scholars", and "Meetings of the Mind" (Princeton). He is the editor of "The Longman Anthology of World Literature".
Reviews for What is World Literature?
"What Is World Literature? has become a touchstone of every debate on the subject."
-Alexander Beecroft, Modern Philology
-Alexander Beecroft, Modern Philology