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World Literature in Theory
David Damrosch
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Description for World Literature in Theory
Hardcover. World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. Editor(s): Damrosch, David. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 992.
World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today.
- Coverage is split into four parts which examine the origins and seminal formulations of world literature, world literature in the age of globalization, contemporary debates on world literature, and localized versions of world literature
- Contains more than 30 important theoretical essays by the most influential scholars, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hugo Meltzl, Edward Said, Franco Moretti, Jorge Luis Borges, and Gayatri Spivak
- Includes substantive introductions to each essay, as well as an annotated bibliography for further reading
- Allows students to understand, articulate, and debate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118407684
SKU
V9781118407684
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99-50
About David Damrosch
David Damrosch is Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. He is the founding general editor of the six-volume Longman Anthology of World Literature (2004), the editor of Teaching World Literature (2009), and co-editor of the Princeton Sourcebook in Comparative Literature (2009). He is also the author of How to Read World Literature (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008) and The Buried ... Read more
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