Literature, Theory, History [electronic resource] /
Hart, J.author.
This book discusses literature, theory and history in close relation. Its main focus is on comparative literature and history, culture, poetics, rhetoric, theatricality, genre and gender, and balances close reading with theory and historical context.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Comparative Literature; 2 Comparing Empires; 3 Literature and Culture; 4 Otherness and Authority; 5 Historicism, Feminism, and the Poetics of Difference; 6 Poetics and Poetic Worlds; 7 Literature, Theory, and After; 8 Between History and Poetry; 9 Translating Las Casas; 10 Comparison, Conquest, and Globalization; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book discusses literature, theory and history in close relation. Its main focus is on comparative literature and history, culture, poetics, rhetoric, theatricality, genre and gender, and balances close reading with theory and historical context.
Literature—Philosophy.
Performing arts.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literary Theory.
Performing Arts.
Cultural Theory.