How to Read World Literature
Published on 24. October 2008
Book
Hardback
152 pages
978-1-4051-6827-4 (ISBN)
Description
How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by a reader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening, Damrosch offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Soyinka, and Walcott. Offers a unique set of "modes of entry" for readers encountering foreign literature Provides readers with the tools to think creatively and systematically about key issues such as reading across time and cultures, reading translated works, and emerging global perspectives Covers a wide variety of genres, from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction and discusses how these forms have been used in different eras and cultures
Reviews / Votes
"Undoubtedly, Damrosch's latest book is a useful tool for prospective readers (especially English-speaking ones) of world literature. It introduces them to major works of world literature and shows them how to read these works, both in their original form and in translation. The author succeeds in his endeavor to launch his readers to 'read, and read, and read still more.'" ( Bryn Mawr Classical Review , April 2009)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 2329 mm
Width: 1512 mm
Thickness: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-6827-4 (9781405168274)
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David Damrosch
How to Read World Literature
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Person
David Damrosch is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Professor Damrosch's most recent publication is What Is World Literature? (2003), but he is perhaps best known as the general editor of The Longman Anthology of British Literature and of The Longman Anthology of World Literature (2004). From 2001 to 2003 he was President of the American Comparative Literature Association.
Content
Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1 1 What Is "Literature"? 6 2 Reading across Time 24 3 Reading across Cultures 46 4 Reading in Translation 65 5 Going Abroad 86 6 Going Global 105 Epilogue: Going Farther 125 Bibliography 130 Index 136