{"product_id":"crime-fiction-as-world-literature-paperback","title":"Crime Fiction as World Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouise Nilsson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTheo D'Haen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile crime fiction is one of the most widespread of all literary genres, this is the first book to treat it in its full global is the first book to treat crime fiction in its full global and plurilingual dimensions, taking the genre seriously as a participant in the international sphere of world literature. In a wide-ranging panorama of the genre, twenty critics discuss crime fiction from Bulgaria, China, Israel, Mexico, Scandinavia, Kenya, Catalonia, and Tibet, among other locales. By bringing crime fiction into the sphere of world literature, \u003ci\u003eCrime Fiction as World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e gives new insights not only into the genre itself but also into the transnational flow of literature in the globalized mediascape of contemporary popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise Nilsson\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher in the English Department at Stockholm University, Sweden. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Damrosch is Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University, USA, where he is also Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature. Professor Damrosch is one of the world's foremost authorities on World Literature, past President of the American Comparative Literature Association, and author or editor of 17 books, including the ground-breaking \u003ci\u003eWhat Is World Literature?\u003c\/i\u003e (2003; translated into seven languages). Among his other publications are\u003ci\u003e How to Read World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eThe Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e ( 2007), and \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (edited; 2014). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheo D'haen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and American Literatures at K.U. Leuven, Belgium. He is the author or editor of 53 books, including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature: A History\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Concise History of World Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with César Domínguez and Mads Rosendahl, 2013), \u003ci\u003eA World History of Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), and \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with David Damrosch and Djelal Kadir, 2012).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751266189600,"sku":"9781501319334","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cb9d29c92f002121ea44d353a6658bd6.webp?v=1779969080","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crime-fiction-as-world-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}