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A Companion to Comparative Literature

Dominic Thomas editor Ali Behdad editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:2nd Sep '11

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A Companion to Comparative Literature presents a collection of more than thirty original essays from established and emerging scholars, which explore the history, current state, and future of comparative literature.

  • Features over thirty original essays from leading international contributors
  • Provides a critical assessment of the status of literary and cross-cultural inquiry
  • Addresses the history, current state, and future of comparative literature
  • Chapters address such topics as the relationship between translation and transnationalism, literary theory and emerging media, the future of national literatures in an era of globalization, gender and cultural formation across time, East-West cultural encounters, postcolonial and diaspora studies, and other experimental approaches to literature and culture

ISBN: 9781405198790

Dimensions: 255mm x 182mm x 36mm

Weight: 1116g

608 pages