World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. Coverage is split into four

Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability argues for a rethinking of comparative literature focusing on the problems that emerge when large

World literature was long defined in North America as an established canon of European masterpieces, but an emerging global perspective has challenged both this

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As teachers and readers expand the canon of world literature to include writers whose voices traditionally have been silenced by the dominant culture, fundament