Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction

by Susan Bassnett

Book Overview

This major new introduction to comparative literature is for the students coming to the subject for the first time. Through an examination of a series of case studies and new theoretical developments, Bassnett reviews the current state of comparative literature world-wide in the 1990s. In the past twenty years of a range of new developments in critical theory have changed patterns of reading and approaches to literature: gender-based criticism, reception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631167056
• ISBN13: 9780631167051
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 8.5"