| Description |
1 online resource (174 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Literature and contemporary thought |
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Literature and contemporary thought.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Literature and the World presents a broad and multifaceted introduction to world literature and globalisation. The book provides a brief background and history of the field followed by a wide spectrum of exemplary readings and case studies from around the world. Amongst other aspects of World Literature, the authors look at: - New approaches to digital humanities and world literature - Ecologies of world literature - Rethinking geography in a globalised world - Translation - Race and political economy Offering state of the art debates on world literature, this volume is a superb introduction to the field. Its critically thoughtful approach makes this the ideal guide for anyone approaching World Literature"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Stefan Helgesson is Professor of English Literary Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. Mads Rosendahl Thomsen is Professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 21, 2020). |
| Contents |
Introduction: why world literature? / Stefan Helgesson & Mads Rosendahl Thomsen -- Paradigms: world literature and its others / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen -- Ecologies of literature: the cosmopolitan-vernacular nexus / Stefan Helgesson -- Genre: strangeness and familiarity / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen -- Geographies: reading the oceans / Stefan Helgesson -- Media and method: the digitized library of Babel / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen -- Translation: duration and cosmopolitan reading / Stefan Helgesson -- Unfinished busines: a dialogue / Stefan Helgesson & Mads Rosendahl Thomsen. |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature and globalization.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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Literature and globalization. (OCoLC)fst01742170
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Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl, 1972- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Helgesson, Stefan. Literature and the world. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 9780815384656 (DLC) 2019020545 (OCoLC)1104915013 |
| ISBN |
9781351203661 (electronic book) |
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9781351203678 (electronic book) |
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1351203673 (electronic book) |
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9781351203654 (electronic book) |
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1351203657 (electronic book) |
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9781351203647 (electronic book) |
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1351203649 (electronic book) |
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1351203665 (electronic book) |
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9780815384656 (paperback) |
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9780815384649 (hardcover) |
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0815384653 |
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0815384645 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781351203678 doi |
