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This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of World Literature. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and situating it within a number of relevant contexts from postcolonialism to postmodernism, this book is the ideal guide to an increasingly popular and important term in literary studies. It is accessible and engaging and will be invaluable to students of world literature, comparative literature, translation and postcolonial studies and anyone with an interest in these or related topics.

The Routledge Concise History of World Literature

1. Introduction: the (Re)Turn of "World Literature"  2. Goethe's "Weltliteratur" and the "Humanist" Ideal  3. World Literature and Comparative Literature  4. World Literature as an American Pedagogical Construct  5. World Literature and the Literatures of the World  6. World Literature in the Literary Marketplace  7. World Literature and Translation  8. World Literature, (Post)Modernism and (Post)Colonialism  9. Conclusion: The Struggle for World Literature?