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

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"From the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries, B. Venkat Mani presents a historical account of world literature. By locating translation, publication, and circulation along routes of 'bibliomigrancy'--the physical and virtual movement of books--Mani narr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mani, B. Venkat (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Books and reading > Germany.
Literature in libraries.
Livres et lecture > Allemagne.
Littérature dans les bibliothèques.
Books and reading
Literature in libraries
Germany
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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