Specters of World Literature

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[...] contains some brilliant insights and syntheses. It is thus essential reading for both world literature and Middle Eastern literature students. -- Haifa Saud Alfaisal, King Saud University, Riyadh * Journal of Arabic Literature 53 * A work of scholarship should promise new knowledge as well as new interpretations, and this is a work that does just that, and in more than one way. It will enrich and inspire the discourse on world literature. There is nothing out there that is quite like it. -- Bruce Robbins, Columbia University This is a strong book in all the important ways. It is learned, conceptually sophisticated, critically sensitive, judicious and thoughtful throughout, lucidly presented, and well written. One only occasionally finds this combination. It definitely makes a contribution to the contemporary discussion of world literature. This is an outstanding piece of work. -- Walter Cohen, University of Michigan A welcome intervention in definitions, theories and practices of world literature that engages seriously with the 'local' in the Middle Eastern novel in translation. -- Wen-chin Ouyang, SOAS, University of London