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

By bringing in different degrees of circulation in different regions and languages, this collection shows that while literary centers do exist in what Pascale C

This peer-reviewed World Literature I anthology includes introductory text and images before each series of readings. Sections of the text are divided by time p

"The introductions in this anthology are meant to be just that: a basic overview of what students need to know before they begin reading, with topics that stude

The contentious discourse around world literature tends to stress the ‘world’ in the phrase. This volume, in contrast, asks what it means to approach world