"The 1867 Canadian confederation brought with it expectations of a national literature, which a rising class of local printers hoped to supply. Reforming copyright law in the imperial context proved impossible, and Canada became a prime market for foreign publishers instead. The…
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Framing history -- Chapter One: Textual connections -- Chapter Two: Exile -- Chapter Three: Kin-slaying -- Chapter Four: Intermarriage and incest -- Chapter Five: Early medieval origin legends in early modern histories -- Conclusion: Origin lege…
"Through examination of the literary and cultural relations among Russia, Japan, and colonial Korea and through understanding of a shared sensibility and literary experience in East Asia, this book highlights translation as a radical and ineradicable part of the formation of mod…
The book engages in a polemical critique of recent efforts to revive World Literature models of literary studies (Moretti, Casanova, etc) on the grounds that they construct their curricula on an assumption of translatability. As a result, incommensurability and what Apter calls …
"As comparative literature reshapes itself in today's globalizing age, it is essential for students and teachers to look deeply into the discipline's history and its present possibilities. The Princeton Sourcebook in Comparative Literature is a wide-ranging anthology of classic …
Key essays on comparative literature from the eighteenth century to todayAs comparative literature reshapes itself in today's globalizing age, it is essential for students and teachers to look deeply into the discipline's history and its present possibilities. The Princeton Sour…