Comparing the Literatures: Literary Studies in a Global Age

by David Damrosch

Book Overview

From a leading figure in comparative literature, a major new survey of the field that points the way forward for a discipline undergoing rapid changes

Literary 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691134995
• ISBN13: 9780691134994
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"