{"product_id":"debating-world-literature-paperback","title":"Debating World Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Prendergast\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBenedict Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eEmily Apter\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the continuing debates about the cultural dimensions of globalization, the question of 'literature' has been something of a poor relation. This volume seeks to redress the balance. It takes as its starting point Goethe's idea of \u003ci\u003eWeltliteratur\u003c\/i\u003e, from which it then travels out to various parts of the globe at different historical junctures. Among its many concerns are the legacies of Goethe's idea, variable understandings of the term 'literature' itself, cross-cultural encounters, the nature of 'small literatures', and the cultural politics of literary genres. With contributions from many of the leading voices in the field, \u003ci\u003eDebating World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to transcend the pieties and simplifications of polemic in a search for the complexity embodied in the linking of the two terms 'world' and 'literature'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Prendergast\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Modern French Literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College Cambridge. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWorld Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of world literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenedict Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is Aaron L. Binenkorp Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. He is editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eIndonesia\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eJava in a Time of Revolution, The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImagined Communities\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Apter \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Comparative Literature and French at New York University. Her published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Translation Zone: A New Comparative Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContinental Drift: From National Characters to Subjects.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Corngold\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He is translator and editor of the Norton Critical Edition of \u003ci\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLambent Traces: Franz Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFranz Kafka: The Necessity of Form\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComplex Pleasure: Forms of Feeling in German Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Self: German Writers and French Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThomas Mann, 1875-1955\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Paternity, Literary Friendship: Essays in Honor of Stanley Corngold\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranco Moretti\u003c\/b\u003e teaches English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSigns Taken for Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModern Epic\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Verso.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.44 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760171647264,"sku":"9781859844588","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/50229e790a086d61b7e98beae615fcbf.webp?v=1780173492","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/debating-world-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}