An ecology of world literature : from antiquity to the present day /
"What is a literature? How do literatures of different countries interact with each other? In this groundbreaking study, Alexander Beecroft develops a new way of thinking about world literature. Drawing on a series of examples and case studies, the book ranges from ancient epic to the contempor...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, NY :
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2015.
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| Summary: | "What is a literature? How do literatures of different countries interact with each other? In this groundbreaking study, Alexander Beecroft develops a new way of thinking about world literature. Drawing on a series of examples and case studies, the book ranges from ancient epic to the contemporary fiction of Roberto Bolano and Amitav Ghosh. Beecroft identifies a series of literary ecologies, from small-scale societies to the planet as a whole, within which literary texts are produced and circulated. An Ecology of World Literature places in dialogue scholarship on ancient and modern, western and non-western texts, producing new and unexpected demands for literary study"-- |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 312 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781685730 1781685738 9781781685723 178168572X |