Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability
Product ID: 6641673
🌍Focus on global literary paradigms
📚150+ pages of critical theory
🔄Explores complex translation politics
Description
🌍 Unlock the hidden politics behind every word you thought you understood.
- USED BOOK GOOD CONDITION - Affordable access to a thought-provoking academic work without compromise.
- DEEP DIVE INTO UNTRANSLATABILITY - Unpacks the political and philosophical stakes of words that resist translation.
- PHILOSOPHICAL GEOPOLITICAL LENS - Frames world literatures through language borders and narrative ecosystems.
- CULT CLASSIC FOR LITERARY THEORISTS - Ranks top 200 in Comparative Literature and Translation Reference categories.
- REVOLUTIONIZES COMPARATIVE LITERATURE - Challenges dominant 'World Literature' paradigms with fresh perspectives.
Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability is a critical academic work that challenges mainstream literary paradigms by focusing on the complexities and political dimensions of translation. This used copy in good condition offers a compelling rethinking of comparative literature, emphasizing the plurality of world literatures shaped by language borders and geopolitical forces.
Specifications
| Best Sellers Rank | #900,919 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #262 in Comparative Literature #302 in Translation Reference #4,278 in Literary Criticism & Theory |
| Customer Reviews | 3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars (16) |
| Dimensions | 6.08 x 1.11 x 9.22 inches |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN-10 | 1844679705 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1844679706 |
| Item Weight | 1.35 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 384 pages |
| Publication date | April 23, 2013 |
| Publisher | Verso |
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