Screen LibraryA companion to comparative literature
"A Companion to Comparative Literature presents a collection of more than thirty original essays from established and emerging scholars, which explore the history, current state, and future of comparative literature. Features over thirty original essays from leading international contributors P...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444342789 |
| Summary: |
"A Companion to Comparative Literature presents a collection of more than thirty original essays from established and emerging scholars, which explore the history, current state, and future of comparative literature. Features over thirty original essays from leading international contributors Provides a critical assessment of the status of literary and cross-cultural inquiry Addresses the history, current state, and future of comparative literature Chapters address such topics as the relationship between translation and transnationalism, literary theory and emerging media, the future of nati |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 527 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781444342789 (Wiley online library) 1444342789 (Wiley online library) 9781444342758 (ePDFs) 1444342754 (ePDFs) 9781444342772 (Mobi) 1444342770 (Mobi) 9781444331950 (electronic bk.) 1444331957 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | PN871 |
| CLC: | H319.4-42 |
| Contents: |
Introduction / Roadmaps: 1. A discipline of tolerance / Why compare? / Method and congruity: the odious business of comparative literature / Comparisons, world literature, and the common denominator / Comparative literature in America: attempt at a genealogy / Theoretical Directions: The Poiein of secular criticism / Vanishing horizons: problems in the comparison of China and the West / Art |