In Translation and Rewriting in the Age of Post-Translation Studies, Edwin Gentzler argues
that rewritings of literary works have taken translation to a new level: literary texts no longer …

In a time when millions travel around the planet; some by choice, some driven by economic
or political exile, translation of the written and spoken word is of ever increasing importance …

Literature Now offers a distinct vision of late twentieth-and early twentyfirst-century literary
culture. Addressing contemporary literature and the ways we understand its meaning, the …

From the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries, B. Venkat Mani
presents a historical account of world literature. By locating translation, publication, and …

Preface evolved in a somewhat uneasy coexistence with the new term (and then discipline)
of “comparative literature” and its Continental cousins such as “Littérature comparée,”“ …

Introducing Comparative Literature is a comprehensive guide to the field offering clear,
concise information alongside useful analysis and examples. It frames the introduction …

Late one night, half a century ago, as a gradu ate student in comparative lit er a ture neared
the date of his doctoral oral exam, his wife dreamed they were woken up by the sound of a …

This volume engages critically with the recent and ongoing consolidation of “world literature”
as a paradigm of study. On the basis of an extended, active, and ultimately more literary …

This article is an account of the personal journey of one writer, from her first encounters in
the 1970s with fellow scholars sharing an interest in translation and a sense of frustration at …

On what basis can we establish an alternative to the unifying of cultures brought about by
economic globalization? When ideas, like objects and words, can be translated and …