World Literature in Theory
World Literature in Theory is a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. This reader brings together more than 30 essays by the most influential scholars in world literature. The essays allow students to consider important questions, including: How do we gain an adequate grounding in multiple cultures? How do we make intelligent choices about what to read? How do we avoid skimming the surface of complex works that must be read in translation? How do we avoid a simple projection of our own cultures and values on the wider world? How do we negotiate the changing cultural, political, and econ…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-118-40769-1
- EAN: 9781118407691
- Produktnummer: 20565679
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 544 S.
- Masse: H24.3 cm x B17.0 cm x D2.4 cm 818 g
- Gewicht: 818
Über den Autor
David Damrosch is Professor and Department Chair 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 Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh (2007). His current research projects include a book on the discipline of comparative literature and a book on the role of global scripts in the formation of national literatures. He is the founding director of the Institute for World Literature at Harvard University.
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