World literature in an age of geopolitics / / Theo d' Haen

• Autore: D'haen Theo
• Pubblicazione: Boston : , : BRILL, , 2021; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 186 pages)
• Disciplina: 801/.95
• Soggetto topico: Literature and globalization; Literature - History and criticism; Literature - Study and teaching; Geopolitics
• Nota di contenuto: Mapping world literature -- Worlding world literature -- Why world literature now? -- Major/minor in world literature -- Major and minor players in world literature -- Victor Klemperer saves Europe through Weltliteratur -- Brussels as transnational node for world literature -- Larger than Holland : J. Slauerhoff and world literature -- Adventures of Mark Twain in world literature -- Caribbean exile into world literature -- Anglo-phone literature as global literature -- Re-orient -- Wither European literature?
• Sommario/riassunto: "If you want to know how globalisation affects literary studies today this is the book for you. Why has world literature become so hotly debated? How does it affect the study of national literatures? What does geopolitics have to do with literature? Does American academe still set an example for the rest of the world? Is China taking over? What about European literature? Europe's literatures? Do "minor" European literatures get lost in the shuffle? How can authors from such literatures get noticed? Who gains and who loses in an age of world literature? If those are questions that bewilder you look no further - this book provides answers and leaves you fully equipped to dig deeper into the fascinating world of world literature in an age of geopolitics"--
• Titolo autorizzato: World literature in an age of geopolitics
• ISBN: 90-04-46807-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813347203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II