LEADER 02899oam 22006974a 450 001 9910154727103321 005 20210108103106.0 010 $a9786613810373 010 $a9781282232631 010 $a1282232630 010 $a9780889206557 010 $a0889206554 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889206557 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048604 035 $a(EBL)772425 035 $a(OCoLC)300867650 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000590272 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12177558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000590272 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682919 035 $a(PQKB)10630308 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC772425 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL772425 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL381037 035 $a(PPN)250535661 035 $a(DE-B1597)667424 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889206557 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88899355 035 $a(FRCYB88899355)88899355 035 $a(Perlego)1706562 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048604 100 $a19971204d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExiguity $eReflections on the Margins of Literature /$fFranc?ois Pare ; translated from the French by Lin Burman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780889202658 311 08$a0889202656 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and indexes. 327 $aCover 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 330 $a 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, Franc?ois Pare? 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 606 $aLiterature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiterature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809.8920693 676 $a809/.8920693 700 $aPare$b Franc?ois$f1949-$0915140 701 $aBurman$b Lin$f1950-$0915141 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154727103321 996 $aExiguity$92051018 997 $aUNINA