Death of a Discipline (The Wellek Library Lectures)
Death of a Disciplineis a visionary text which can be considered one of the most cutting-edge theoretical works today.(Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism)This thought-provoking slim book is written in an eclectic style... We have been on a planetary tour, which makes us rethink human collectivity across borders -- thanks to Spivak.(Ferial J. GhazoulH-Gender-Mideast)Death of a Disciplineis certainly the most important, sustained statement about the discipline of Comparative Literature to have appeared in English since Charles Bernheimer's 1995 report.(John MowittCLIO)One of the obligatory books of this decade for comparatists... One of the most passionate defenses... of Comparative Literature.(Roland GreeneSubStance1900-01-00)