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Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.

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Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.

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Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.

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Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.

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Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

Call Numbers

G 2016/1800

Record Identifier

74VKVpEm36GO

MMS ID

991023986710402626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 292 pages ; 25 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

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...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

Place of Publication

Massachusetts

Date Published

2016.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"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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Full title

Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Date Copyright

©2016.

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Call Numbers

G 2016/1800

Record Identifier

74VKVpEm36GO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpEm36GO

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ISBN

0674734777

9780674734777

DDC

809

MMS ID

991023986710402626

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