edited by Christopher Prendergast, with contributions by Benedict Anderson [and others].
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Verso,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 353 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. The world republic of letters / Christopher Prendergast -- 2. Changing fields : the directions of Goethe's Weltliteratur / Stefan Hoesel-Uhlig -- 3. World literature and world thoughts : Brandes/Auerbach / Peter Madsen -- 4. Global translatio : the 'invention' of comparative literature, Istanbul, 1933 / Emily Apter -- 5. Mapping identities : literature, nationalism, colonialism / Timothy J. Reiss -- 6. Conjectures on world literature / Franco Moretti -- 7. The politics of genre / Stephen Heath -- 8. Literary history without literature : reading practices in the ancient world / Simon Goldhill -- 9. The rooster's egg : pioneering world folklore in the Philippines / Benedict Anderson -- 10. Hearing voices : Ricardo Palma's contextualization of colonial Peru / Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela -- 11. The order of Oriental knowledge : the making of d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale / Nicholas Dew -- 12. Victor Segalen abroad / John Sturrock -- 13. Kafka and the dialect of minor literature / Stanley Corngold -- 14. Rhythmical knots : the world of English poetry / Bruce Clunies Ross -- 15. India in the mirror of world fiction / Francesca Orsini.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In this set of essays the contributors explore the notion of world literature and world thoughts by examining past perspectives and mapping identities in terms of literature, nationalism and colonialism.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Debating world literature.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Literature-- History and criticism.
Littérature-- Histoire et critique.
Literatura (história e crítica)
Literature.
Weltliteratur
Weltliteratur.
Wereldliteratuur.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
809
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PN501
Book number
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D43
2004
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
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17
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76
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17
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76
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Class number
EC
1070
Class number
EC
1600
Class number
EC
2600
Class number
EC
5000
Class number
HU
1600
Class number
I106
System Code
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PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Anderson, Benedict R. O'G., (Benedict Richard O'Gorman),1936-2015.