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Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation.

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"What Is World Literature? has become a touchstone of every debate on the subject."---Alexander Beecroft, Modern Philology

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi INTRODUCTION: Goethe Coins a Phrase 1 PART ONE: CIRCULATION Chapter 1: Gilgamesh's Quest 39 Chapter 2: The Pope's Blowgun 78 Chapter 3: From the Old World to the Whole World 110 PART TWO: TRANSLATION Chapter 4: Love in the Necropolis 147 Chapter 5: The Afterlife of Mechthild von Magdeburg 170 Chapter 6: Kafka Comes Home 187 PART THREE: PRODUCTION Chapter 7: English in the World 209 Chapter 8: Rigoberta Menchu in Print 231 Chapter 9: The Poisoned Book 260 CONCLUSION: World Enough and Time 281 BIBLIOGRAPHY 305 INDEX 319

What Is World Literature

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 30 March 2003
      ISBN-13 9780691049861
      978-0691049861
      ISBN-10 0691049866
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation.

      Trade Review
      "What Is World Literature? has become a touchstone of every debate on the subject."---Alexander Beecroft, Modern Philology

      Table of Contents
      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi INTRODUCTION: Goethe Coins a Phrase 1 PART ONE: CIRCULATION Chapter 1: Gilgamesh's Quest 39 Chapter 2: The Pope's Blowgun 78 Chapter 3: From the Old World to the Whole World 110 PART TWO: TRANSLATION Chapter 4: Love in the Necropolis 147 Chapter 5: The Afterlife of Mechthild von Magdeburg 170 Chapter 6: Kafka Comes Home 187 PART THREE: PRODUCTION Chapter 7: English in the World 209 Chapter 8: Rigoberta Menchu in Print 231 Chapter 9: The Poisoned Book 260 CONCLUSION: World Enough and Time 281 BIBLIOGRAPHY 305 INDEX 319

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