Cosmopolitan Desires: Global Modernity and World Literature in Latin America Volume 14

by Mariano Siskind

Mariano Siskind's groundbreaking debut book redefines the scope of world literature, particularly regarding the place of Latin America in its imaginaries and mappings. In Siskind's formulation, world literature is a modernizing discursive strategy, a way in which cultures negotiate their aspirations to participate in global networks of cultural exchange, and an original tool to reorganize literary history. Working with novels, poems, essays, travel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810129906
• ISBN13: 9780810129900
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"