American Literature As World Literature
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781501332272
Subjects: American literature, history and criticism; Comparative literature
Description: "For better or worse, America lives in the age of "worlded" literature. Not the world literature of nations and nationalities considered from most powerful and wealthy to the least. And not the world literature found with a map. Rather, the worlded literature of individuals crossing borders, mixing stories, and speaking in dialect. Where translation struggles to be effective and background is itself another story. The "worlded" literature of the multinational corporate publishing industry where the global market is all. The essays in this collection, from some of the most distinguished figures in American studies and literature, explore what it means to consider American literature as world literature."--Bloomsbury Publishing.