Recoding world literature : libraries, print culture, and Germany's pact with books / B. Venkat Mani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mani, B. Venkat, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Germany.

Books and reading.

Literature in libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Fordham University Press, 2017.

Summary:

From the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries, Recoding World Literature presents a historical account of world literature. By locating translation, publication, and circulation on routes of Bibliomigrancy--physical and virtual movement of books--this book claims that world literature is culturally determined, historically conditioned, and politically charged.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Prologue

Introduction: World Literature as a Pact with Books

1. Of Masters and Masterpieces: An Empire of Books, a Mythic European Library

2. Half Epic, Half Drastic: From a Parliament of Letters to a National Library

3. The Shadow of Empty Shelves: Two World Wars and the Rise and Fall of World Literature

4. Windows on the Berlin Wall: Unfinished Histories of World Literature in a Divided Germany

5. Libraries without Walls? World Literature in the Digital Century

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780823273423

0823273423