Exiguity: Reflections on the Margins of Literature

by Lin Burman and François Paré

For the past four centuries, five major languages have dominated Western literature. This domination has excluded or rendered marginal all other literatures -- has, in effect, diminished literary diversity and endangered the existence of the literature of "smaller" cultures.

In an illuminating defence for their preservation, Fran ois Par reflects on the diversity of cultures and languages in the world and on the fantastic richness of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889202656
• ISBN13: 9780889202658
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"