An ecology of world literature: from antiquity to the present day

"What is a literature? How do literatures of different countries interact with each other? In this groundbreaking study, Alexander Beecroft develops a new way of thinking about world literature. Drawing on a series of examples and case studies, the book ranges from ancient epic to the contempor...

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1. Verfasser: Beecroft, Alexander 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Verso 2015
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:"What is a literature? How do literatures of different countries interact with each other? In this groundbreaking study, Alexander Beecroft develops a new way of thinking about world literature. Drawing on a series of examples and case studies, the book ranges from ancient epic to the contemporary fiction of Roberto Bolano and Amitav Ghosh. Beecroft identifies a series of literary ecologies, from small-scale societies to the planet as a whole, within which literary texts are produced and circulated. An Ecology of World Literature places in dialogue scholarship on ancient and modern, western and non-western texts, producing new and unexpected demands for literary study"..
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:VIII, 312 S.
ISBN:9781781685723
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