{"product_id":"world-literature-in-theory-hardback-9781118407684","title":"World Literature in Theory (Hardback) 9781118407684","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWorld Literature in Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With this collection of essays, David Damrosch takes us on a breathtaking ride through the history and geography of the term “world literature” – and demonstrates that it is quite simply the most productive concept in literary theory today.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Martin Puchner, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Vigorous and capacious, featuring unexpected contributors such as Nicolas Sarkozy, and covering material ranging from the globe-trotting work of Apuleius to the digital modernism of Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries, this impressive volume recovers genealogies of world literature from India, China, Brazil, Ireland. Putting the problematics of translation front and center, it creates a rich dialogue across languages and regions, even as it brings new energies to world literature in the age of globalization.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWai Chee Dimock, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Damrosch (Edited by), D Damrosch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118407684, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.8 x 3 cm, 0.993 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCoverage 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes substantive introductions to each essay, as well as an annotated bibliography for further reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAllows students to understand, articulate, and debate the most important issues in this rapidly changing field of study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: World Literature in Theory and Practice 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Origins 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Conversations with Eckermann on \u003ci\u003eWeltliteratur \u003c\/i\u003e(1827) 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Emergence of \u003ci\u003eWeltliteratur\u003c\/i\u003e: Goethe and the Romantic School (2006) 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Pizer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Present Tasks of Comparative Literature (1877) 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHugo Meltzl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 What is World Literature? (1886) 42\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHutcheson Macaulay Posnett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 World Literature (1907) 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A View on the Unification of Literature (1922) 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZheng Zhenduo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: World Literature in the Age of Globalization 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Reflections on Yiddish World Literature (1938–1939) 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelekh Ravitsh and Borekh Rivkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Should We Rethink the Notion of World Literature? (1974) 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRené Etiemble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Constructing Comparables (2000) 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarcel Detienne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Traveling Theory (1982) 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward W. Said\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Toward World Literary Knowledges: Theory in the Age of Globalization (2010) 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRevathi Krishnaswamy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Conjectures on World Literature (2000) \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eMore Conjectures (2003) 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFranco Moretti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 World Literature without a Hyphen: Towards a Typology of Literary Systems (2008) 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Beecroft\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Literature as a World (2005) 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePascale Casanova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Globalization and Cultural Diversity in the Book Market: The Case of Literary Translations in the US and in France (2010) 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGisèle Sapiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 From Cultural Turn to Translational Turn: A Transnational Journey (2011) 234\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Bassnett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Debating World Literature 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Stepping Forward and Back: Issues and Possibilities for “World” Poetry (2004) 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Owen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 To World, to Globalize: World Literature’s Crossroads (2004) 264\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDjelal Kadir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 For a World-Literature in French (2007) 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichel Le Bris \u003c\/i\u003eet al.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 For a Living and Popular Francophonie (2007) 276\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicolas Sarkozy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Francophonie and Universality: The Ideological Challenges of \u003ci\u003eLittérature-monde \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacqueline Dutton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Universalisms and Francophonies (2009) 293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrançoise Lionnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Orientalism and the Institution of World Literatures (2010) 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAamir R. Mufti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Against World Literature (2013) 345\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmily Apter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Comparative Literature\/World Literature: A Discussion (2011) 363\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGayatri Chakravorty Spivak and David Damrosch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: World Literature in the World 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Argentine Writer and Tradition (1943) 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJorge Luis Borges\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Cultures and Contexts (2001) 398\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTania Franco Carvalhal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 An Idea of Literature: South Africa, India, the West (2001) 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Chapman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Deterritorialization of American Literature (2007) 416\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Giles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Islamic Literary Networks in South and Southeast Asia (2010) 437\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRonit Ricci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Rethinking the World in World Literature: East Asia and Literary Contact Nebulae (2009) 460\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren Laura Thornber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Global Cinema, World Cinema (2010) 480\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDenilson Lopes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Strategy of Digital Modernism: Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries’ \u003ci\u003eDakota \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) 493       \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJessica Pressman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Changing Concept of World Literature 513\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZhang Longxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 524\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417773306136,"sku":"9781118407684","price":90.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118407684.jpg?v=1784508036","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/world-literature-in-theory-hardback-9781118407684","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}