The book offers coherent theoretical treatment of the conceptions of “World Literature” and “Comparative Literature”, in parallel with their practical a

An extended volume of New Literary History that considers the practice of comparison in literary studies and other disciplines within the humanities. Writing an

Key essays on comparative literature from the eighteenth century to today As comparative literature reshapes itself in today's globalizing age, it is essential

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