An ecology of world literature
Subtitle: from antiquity to the present day
By: Alexander Beecroft
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781781685730; 9781781685723
Subjects: Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
Description: "What is a literature? How do literatures of different countries interact with each other? In this groundbreaking study, Alexander Beecroft develops a new way of thinking about world literature. Drawing on a series of examples and case studies, the book ranges from ancient epic to the contemporary fiction of Roberto Bolano and Amitav Ghosh. Beecroft identifies a series of literary ecologies, from small-scale societies to the planet as a whole, within which literary texts are produced and circulated. An Ecology of World Literature places in dialogue scholarship on ancient and modern, western and non-western texts, producing new and unexpected demands for literary study"--
Notes: Includes index.