Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective is a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). Initiated in 1996 and launched i

In our globalised world, literature is less and less confined to national spaces. Europe-centred frameworks for literary studies have become insufficient; acade

Today's spectrum of research in literary studies is characterized by a sense of openness to the methods of comparative literature and cultural studies, along wi

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. This book sets out to understand how the meani