The Routledge companion to world literature
2015
eBook
Abstract: In the age of globalization, the category of "World Literature" is increasingly important to academic teaching and research. The Routledge Companion to World Literature offers a comprehensive pathway into this burgeoning and popular field.
Main title:
The Routledge companion to world literature / edited by Theo D'haen, David Damrosch and Djelal Kadir.
Author:
Haen, Theo d', editor of compilationDamrosch, David, editor of compilationKadir, Djelal, editor of compilationCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2015.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Collation:
1 online resource (58 entries) : 1 image ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Also available in print.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xxi, 515 pages
Contents:
Part I. Historical dimension. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : origins and relevance of Weltliteratur / John Pizer -- Hugo Meltzl and "the principle of polyglottism" / David Damrosch -- Georg Brandes : the telescope of comparative literature / Svend Erik Larsen -- Richard Moulton and the "perspective attitude" in world literature / Sarah Lawall -- Rabindranath Tagore's comparative world literature / Bhavya Tiwari -- Richard Meyer's concept of world literature / Monika Schmitz-Emans -- Albert Guérard : reworking humanism for a troubled century / Dominique Vaugeois -- Erich Auerbach and the death and life of world literature / Aamir R. Mufti -- Qian Zhongshu as comparatist / Zhang Longxi -- René Etiemble : defense and illustration of a "true literary comparatism" / Samira Sayeh -- Dionýz Ďurišim and a systemic theory of world literature / César Domínguez -- Claudio Guillén : (world) literature as system / Darío Villanueva -- Edward W. Said : the worldliness of world literature / Jonathan Arac -- Pascale Casanova and the Republic of Letters / Helena Carvalhão Buescu -- Franco Moretti and the global wave of the novel / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen --Part II. The disciplinary dimension. World literature and philology / Michael Holquist -- World literature and national literature(s) / Jing Tsu -- World literature and comparative literature / Sandra Bermann -- World literature and translation studies / Lawrence Venuti -- World literature between history and theory / Vilashini Cooppan -- World literature and postmodernism / Hans Bertens -- World literature and postcolonialism / Robert J.C. Young -- World literature and globalization / Eric Hayot -- World literature and diaspora studies / Jason Frydman -- World literature and cosmopolitanism / César Domínguez --Part III. The theoretical dimension. Teaching worldly literature / Martin Puchner -- The canon(s) of world literature / Peter Carravetta -- The great books / John T. Kirby -- Bibliomigrancy : book series and the making of world literature / B. Venkat Mani -- World literature and the internet / Thomas O. Beebee -- World literature and the library / Reingard Nethersole -- World literature and the book market / Ann Steiner -- World literature, francophonie, and Creole cosmopolitics / Françoise Lionnet -- World literature and popular literature : toward a wordless literature? / Jan Baetens -- The genres of world literature : the case of magical realism / Mariano Siskind -- The poetics of world literature / Zhang Longxi -- The ethics of world literature / Peter Hitchcock -- The politics of world literature Sanja Bahun -- Uses of world literature / Bruce Robbins -- Gender and sexuality in world literature / Debra A. Castillo -- World literature and the environment / Ursula K. Heise -- Mapping world literature / Theo D'Haen --Part IV. The geographical dimension. World literature and European literature / Roberto M. Dainotto -- World literature and Latin American literature / Djelal Kadir -- World literature and US American literature / Lawrence Buell -- African roads / Nirvana Tanoukhi -- World literature and East Asian literature / Red Chan -- Constructions of world literature in colonial and postcolonial India / Vinay Dharwadker -- The thousand and one nights as world literature / Sandra Naddaff -- World literature and Muslim Southeast Asia / Ronit Ricci.
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781784029234 (electronic version)9780203806494 (ebook)0203806492 (ebook)9780415570220 (hardback : alk. paper)0415570220 (hardback : alk. paper)
Dewey class:
809
LC class:
PN51
Language:
English
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BRN:
502053
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