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Book SynopsisSpivak demonstrates how critics interested in social justice should pay close attention to literary form and offers new interpretations of classics such as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. The book offers close readings of texts not only in English, French, and German, but also in Arabic and Bengali.
Trade ReviewDeath of a Discipline is a visionary text which can be considered one of the most cutting-edge theoretical works today. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism This thought-provoking slim book is written in an eclectic style... We have been on a planetary tour, which makes us rethink human collectivity across borders-thanks to Spivak. -- Ferial J. Ghazoul H-Gender-Mideast Death of a Discipline is certainly the most important, sustained statement about the discipline of Comparative Literature to have appeared in English since Charles Bernheimer's 1995 report. -- John Mowitt CLIO One of the obligatory books of this decade for comparatists... One of the most passionate defenses... of Comparative Literature. -- Roland Greene SubStance
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Crossing Borders 2. Collectivities 3. Planetarity Notes Index
