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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154727103321

Autore

Pare François <1949->

Titolo

Exiguity : Reflections on the Margins of Literature / / François Pare ; translated from the French by Lin Burman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1997

ISBN

1-282-23263-0

9786613810373

0-88920-655-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BurmanLin <1950->

Disciplina

809.8920693

809/.8920693

Soggetti

Literature - Minority authors - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Exiguity: Reflections on the Margins of Literature; For a Critique of the Eternal; Notes; Appendix; Table of Headings; Authors Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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, François Paré reflects on the diversity of cultures and languages in the world and on the fantastic richness of "smaller" literatures. He offers us memorable samples of this diversity and, in his original and thought-provoking style, tantalizes us with critical