What is World Literature?
Author | : David Damrosch |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2003-03-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 0691049866 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780691049861 |
Rating | : 4/5 (861 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis What is World Literature? by : David Damrosch
Download or read book What is World Literature? written by David Damrosch and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION: Goethe coins a phrase -- PART ONE: CIRCULATION -- Gilgamesh's quest -- The pope's blowgun -- From the old world to the whole world -- PART TWO: TRANSLATION -- Love in the necropolis -- The afterlife of Mechthild von Magdeburg -- Kafka comes home -- PART THREE: PRODUCTION -- English in the world -- Rigoberta MenchĂș in print -- The poisoned book -- CONCLUSION: World enough and time.