Debating World Literature keyword-nelson-mandela Distinguished not only by its

Distinguished not only by its original analysis of events which have confounded so many analysts but also by the mass of information on Soviet economic problems

a sensibility which is 'well off and miserable at the same time'

resistance and resignation

Ernst Bloch and Hannah Arendt

Debating World Literature keyword-nelson-mandela Distinguished not only by itsIn the continuing debates about the cultural dimensions of globalization, the question of literature has been something of a poor relation. This volume seeks to redress the balance. It takes as its starting point Goethes idea of Weltliteratur, from which it then travels out to various parts of the globe at different historical junctures. Among its many concerns are the legacies of Goethes idea, variable understandings of the term literature itself,