About this ebook
World Literature as Geoculture applies a geopolitical perspective to literature. It considers literature, along with all other cultural elements, as both formed by and constitutive of a region’s, nation’s, or continent’s global position. The book opens with a chapter discussing the general relation between geopolitics and world literature. It then turns to more detailed discussions of the relations between nation and literature, European literature, comparative literature and translation, global south relations, the rise and fall of literary movements or currents as reflecting geopolitical shifts, and the position of small or minor literatures. Specific chapters focus on magical realism, Edward Said, Chinese comparative literature scholarship, and Flemish literature.
World Literature as Geoculture applies a geopolitical perspective to literature. It considers literature, along with all other cultural elements, as both formed by and constitutive of a region’s, nation’s, or continent’s global position. The book opens with a chapter discussing the general relati...
Discover more
About the author
Theo D’haen, Ph.D. (1981), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the universities of Leuven and Leiden. Numerous publications on (post)modernism, (post)colonialism, and world literature. Recent English-language publications include, a.o., A History of World Literature (Routledge, 2024), World Literature in an Age of Geopolitics (Brill, 2021), and The Routledge Companion to World Literature, Second Edition (Routledge, 2022, ed. with D. Damrosch and D. Kadir)
Theo D’haen, Ph.D. (1981), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the universities of Leuven and Leiden. Numerous publications on (post)modernism, (post)colonialism, and world literature. Recent English-language publications inclu...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
