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Comparative cultural studies and the new Weltliteratur /

In this English translation and revision of her acclaimed German-language book, Elke Sturm-Trigonakis expands on Goethe's notion of Weltliteratur (1827) to propose that, owing to globalization, literature is undergoing a profound change in process, content, and linguistic practice. Rather than...

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Main Author: Sturm-Trigonakis, Elke
Other Authors: Margoni, Athanasia (Translator), Kaisar, Maria, 1978- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Cultural fusion in literature.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 21st century > History and criticism.
Literature and globalization.
Language and culture.
Transnationalism in literature.
Literature and transnationalism.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781612492858
1612492851
ISSN:1556-2905
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Goethe's Weltliteratur and the career of an idea
  • Hybrid literary texts and philological paradigms
  • New world literature and a systemic organization of hybrid fiction
  • Forms/types of poetic multilingualism and interferences, metamultilingualism, and transtextuality
  • Multilingualism as poetic strategy
  • Nomadic biographies in new world literature
  • Transnational spaces, places, and layers of time
  • Conclusion.

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