02899oam 22006974a 450 991015472710332120210108103106.09786613810373978128223263112822326309780889206557088920655410.51644/9780889206557(CKB)2550000000048604(EBL)772425(OCoLC)300867650(SSID)ssj0000590272(PQKBManifestationID)12177558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000590272(PQKBWorkID)10682919(PQKB)10630308(MdBmJHUP)muse48102(MiAaPQ)EBC772425(Au-PeEL)EBL772425(CaONFJC)MIL381037(PPN)250535661(DE-B1597)667424(DE-B1597)9780889206557(FR-PaCSA)88899355(FRCYB88899355)88899355(Perlego)1706562(EXLCZ)99255000000004860419971204d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExiguity Reflections on the Margins of Literature /François Pare ; translated from the French by Lin Burman1st ed.Waterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc19971 online resource (190 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780889202658 0889202656 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and indexes.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 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 criticalLiteratureMinority authorsHistory and criticismElectronic books. LiteratureMinority authorsHistory and criticism.809.8920693809/.8920693Pare François1949-915140Burman Lin1950-915141MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910154727103321Exiguity2051018UNINA