{"product_id":"recoding-world-literature-9780823273416","title":"Recoding World Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries, Recoding World Literature presents a historical account of world literature. By locating translation, publication, and circulation on routes of Bibliomigrancy—physical and virtual movement of books--this book claims that world literature is culturally determined, historically conditioned, and politically charged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a splendid, erudite, sophisticated, and eminently readable book that makes vital, original interventions in several interlocking fields in the humanities.\" -- -Leslie Adelson Cornell University \"Recoding World Literature is a work of stunning scope. Drawing on archives across languages and countries, from Goethe to Pamuk, and taking seriously the well-known fact that world literature was in origin a German idea, Mani provides a fresh and alternative history of this now hegemonic concept. The discussion about world literature is about to undergo a definite reorientation.\" -- -Aamir Mufti University of California, Los Angeles \"Venkat Mani's engrossing study of 'bibliomigrancy' makes an important contribution to studies of world literature and the politics of culture, probing the values-and the exclusions-encoded in libraries, translation series, and now the digital archive. Every bibliophile will want to add this sparkling and thought- provoking book to their personal library.\" -- -David Damrosch Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments    List of Figures    Prologue      Introduction. Recoding World Literature: Libraries, Print Culture, and Germany's Pact with Books     1. Of Masters and Masterpieces: An Empire of Books, a Mythic European Library     2. Half Epic, Half Drastic: From a Parliament of Letters to a National Library     3. The Shadow of Empty Shelves: Two World Wars and the Rise and Fall of World Literature      4. Windows on the Berlin Wall: Unfinished (Hi)Stories of World Literature in a Divided Germany     5. Libraries Without Walls? World Literature in the Digital Century Epilogue     Notes     Bibliography","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528016961879,"sku":"9780823273416","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823273416.jpg?v=1731870082","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/recoding-world-literature-9780823273416","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}