Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures /
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| বিন্যাস: | গ্রন্থ |
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Harvard University Press,
2016
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| author | Mufti, Aamir R. |
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| contents | Prologue: the universal library of world literature -- Where in the world is world literature? -- Orientalism and the institution of Indian literature -- Global English and its others -- "Our philological home is the earth": world literature from Auerbach to Said -- Epilogue: "For a ruthless criticism of everything existing". |
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| physical | 292 pages ; 23 cm |
| publishDate | 2016 |
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| spelling | Mufti, Aamir R., author. 4848 Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016. 292 pages ; 23 cm Prologue: the universal library of world literature -- Where in the world is world literature? -- Orientalism and the institution of Indian literature -- Global English and its others -- "Our philological home is the earth": world literature from Auerbach to Said -- Epilogue: "For a ruthless criticism of everything existing". "In recent years, the idea of world literature has become nearly hegemonic in the so-called First World or Global North. It now underlies a range of literary practices including literature festivals, prizes, and competitions, reviewing, editing and publishing, academic research and writing, teaching, and the very writing of certain kinds of literature itself. At the center of the possibility of world literature is the rise of English to global dominance, both as global literary vernacular and as the undisputed language of global capitalism. Forget English! critically examines the claims of "world literature" and makes a case for a better understanding of, first, how English has come into literary preeminence worldwide and, second, the effects of this rise on non-European languages as media of literary expression. This is the first serious work to challenge the claims and pieties of world literature from the perspective of the societies, languages, and literatures of the Global South"--Provided by publisher. Literature and society. 7138 Politics and literature. 4967 English literature History and criticism. 6013 Literature History and criticism. 7139 Oriental literature (English) History and criticism. 7140 Developing countries Intellectual life. 7141 |
| spellingShingle | Mufti, Aamir R. Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Prologue: the universal library of world literature -- Where in the world is world literature? -- Orientalism and the institution of Indian literature -- Global English and its others -- "Our philological home is the earth": world literature from Auerbach to Said -- Epilogue: "For a ruthless criticism of everything existing". Literature and society. 7138 Politics and literature. 4967 English literature History and criticism. 6013 Literature History and criticism. 7139 Oriental literature (English) History and criticism. 7140 |
| title | Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / |
| title_auth | Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / |
| title_full | Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures / Aamir R. Mufti. |
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| title_short | Forget English! : |
| title_sort | forget english orientalisms and world literatures |
| title_sub | Orientalisms and world literatures / |
| topic | Literature and society. 7138 Politics and literature. 4967 English literature History and criticism. 6013 Literature History and criticism. 7139 Oriental literature (English) History and criticism. 7140 |
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