World Literatures

by Stefan Helgesson, Helena Wulff, Yvonne Lindqvist

"Placing itself within the burgeoning field of world literary studies, the organising principle of this book is that of an open-ended dynamic, namely the cosmopolitan-vernacular exchange. As an adaptable comparative fulcrum for literary studies, the notion of the cosmopolitan-vernacular exchange accommodates also highly localised literatures. In this way, it redresses what has repeatedly been identified as a weakness of the world literature paradigm,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013292499
• ISBN13: 9781013292491
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 2.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"