{"product_id":"literature-in-late-monolingualism-9798765113912","title":"Literature in Late Monolingualism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonolingualism is bad; literature is good  right? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many of us monolingualism is associated with closed-mindedness, political nationalism, and a general hostility to diverse knowledges and experiences of the world. In contrast, literature continues to stand allegedly unbeholden, as a symbolic beacon for expansive human expression and insight  making meaning astride Earth's thousands of human languages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But what if this division of virtue and vice isn't quite right, leading us to overlook the uninterrupted historical and aesthetic collusion between political monolingualism and literary novels today? What if novels made in a European mold tend to be much more indebted to monolingual structures, ideologies, and styles than their publishers, and even their critics, care to acknowledge? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Instead of whistling past such a discomfort, \u003ci\u003eLiterature in Late Monolingualism\u003c\/i\u003e recognizes it squarely   detailing the important ways in which many authors of cont\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473308160343,"sku":"9798765113912","price":24.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9798765113912.jpg?v=1744906033","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literature-in-late-monolingualism-9798765113912","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}