Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.
Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.
Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/1800
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English
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xii, 292 pages ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Prologue: the universal library of world literature -- Where in the world is world literature? -- Orientalism and the institution of Indian literature -- Global English and its others -- "Our philological home is the earth": world literature from Auerbach to Said -- Epilogue: "For a ruthless critici...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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"In recent years, the idea of world literature has become nearly hegemonic in the so-called First World or Global North. It now underlies a range of literary practices including literature festivals, prizes, and competitions, reviewing, editing and publishing, academic research and writing, teaching, and the very writing of certain kinds of literat...
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Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016.
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G 2016/1800
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74VKVpEm36GO
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0674734777
9780674734777
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809
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991023986710402626
