Comparing the Literatures by David Damrosch HARDBACK 9780691134994

Comparing the LiteraturesLiterary Studies in a Global Age\nAuthor(s): David Damrosch\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691134994, 978-0691134994\nSynopsis\nFrom a leading figure in comparative literature, a major new survey of the field that points the way forward for a discipline undergoing rapid changes\n\nLiterary studies are being transformed today by the expansive and disruptive forces of globalization. More works than ever circulate worldwide in English and in translation, and even national traditions are increasingly seen in transnational terms. To encompass this expanding literary universe, scholars and teachers need to increase their linguistic and cultural resources, rethink their methods and training, and reconceive the place of literature and criticism in the world. In Comparing the Literatures, David Damrosch integrates comparative, postcolonial, and world-literary perspectives to of.