An Ecology of World Literature

Download or read book An Ecology of World Literature written by Alexander Beecroft and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a literature? How do literatures of different countries interact with each other? In this groundbreaking study, Alexander Beecroft develops a new way of thinking about world literature. Drawing on a series of examples and case studies, the book ranges from ancient epic to the contemporary fiction of Roberto Bolao and Amitav Ghosh. Beecroft identifies a series of literary ecologies, from small-scale societies to the planet as a whole, within which literary texts are produced and circulated. An Ecology of World Literature places in dialogue scholarship on ancient and modern, western and non-western texts, producing new and unexpected demands for literary study.