Forget English! : Orientalisms and World Literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.
Mufti, Aamir R., author.
2016
PN98.P64 M84 2016
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Title
Forget English! : Orientalisms and World Literatures / Aamir R. Mufti.
Author
Mufti, Aamir R., author.
ISBN
9780674915404
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674915404
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (230 p.) : 1 halftone
Item Number
10.4159/9780674915404 doi
Call Number
PN98.P64 M84 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
809
Summary
World literature advocates have promised to move humanistic study beyond postcolonial theory and antiquated paradigms of national literary traditions. Aamir Mufti scrutinizes these claims and critiques the continuing dominance of English as both a literary language and the undisputed cultural system of global capitalism.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Prologue: The Universal Library of World Literature
1. Where in the World Is World Literature?
2. Orientalism and the Institution of Indian Literature
3. Global English and Its Others
4. "Our Philological Home Is the Earth": World Literature from Auerbach to Said
Epilogue: "For a Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing"
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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