{"product_id":"world-literature-as-discovery-expanding-the-world-literary-canon-paperback","title":"World Literature as Discovery: Expanding the World Literary Canon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZhang Longxi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld Literature as Discovery argues that world literature for our time must go beyond Eurocentrism and expand the canon to include great works from non-European and \"minor\" European literatures. Zhang Longxi proposes a new and liberating concept of world literature that will shape world literature worthy of its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZhang Longxi\u003c\/strong\u003e is Xiaoxiang Chair Professor of Comparative Literature at Hunan Normal University in Changsha, China, and Chair Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Translation at the City University of Hong Kong. He is a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and of Academia Europaea, and he was President of the International Comparative Literature Association for 2016-2019. He serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and Advisory Editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Literary History\u003c\/i\u003e. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Tao and the Logos: Literary Hermeneutics, East and West\u003c\/i\u003e (1992); \u003ci\u003eAllegoresis: Reading Canonical Literature East and West\u003c\/i\u003e (2005);\u003ci\u003e Unexpected Affinities: Reading across Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); \u003ci\u003eFrom Comparison to World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); and \u003ci\u003eA History of Chinese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773603774752,"sku":"9781032504759","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2a1a5cc8bfc0f1bae9b4199bb42e9a9a_f789f6b9-f16f-4fbc-81c5-314839d7b245.webp?v=1780428774","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/world-literature-as-discovery-expanding-the-world-literary-canon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}