TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beecroft,Alexander
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TI  - An ecology of world literature: from antiquity to the present day 
SN  - 9781781685730 (pbk.)
U1  - 809 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Verso
KW  - Literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes index; 1. Epichoric Literature; 2. Panchoric Literature; 3. Cosmopolitan Literature; 4. Vernacular Literature; 5. National Literature; 6. Global Literature
N2  - "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 Bolano 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"--
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