Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation. List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction: Goethe Coins a Phrase
1(38)
PART ONE CIRCULATION
Gilgamesh's Quest
39(39)
The Pope's Blowgun
78(32)
From the Old World to the Whole World
110(37)
PART TWO TRANSLATION
Love in the Necropolis
147(23)
The Afterlife of Mechthild von Magdeburg
170(17)
Kafka Comes Home
187(22)
PART THREE PRODUCTION
English in the World
209(22)
Rigoberta Menchu in Print
231(29)
The Poisoned Book
260(21)
Conclusion: World Enough and Time
281(24)
Bibliography
305(14)
Index
319
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