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Universal Localities

The Languages of World Literature

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  • © 2022

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  • Leading scholars from the US, UK, Germany, China, Spain, and Russia
  • Mapping the space between philology, anthropology, and ecohumanities
  • With studies on J.M. Coetzee, Maryse Condé, Khalil Gibran a.o

Part of the book series: Schriften zur Weltliteratur/Studies on World Literature (SWSWL, volume 13)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Coda

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About this book

The volume features the work of leading scholars from the US, UK, Germany, China, Spain, and Russia and presents an important contribution to current debates on world literature. The contributions discuss various facets of the historically changing role and status of language in the construction of notions of universality and locality, of difference, foreignness, and openness; they explore the relationship between world literature and bilingualism, supranational languages, dialects, and linguistic inbetweenness. They also examine the larger social and political stakes behind both foundational and more recent attempts to articulate ideas of world literature. Mapping the space between philology, anthropology, and ecohumanities, the essays in this volume approach world literature with sophisticated methodological toolkits and open up new opportunities for engaging with this important discursive framework.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Galin Tihanov

About the editor

Galin Tihanov is the George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London.

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