How Is World Literature Made?: The Global Circulations of Latin American Literatures

Gesine Müller

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2022

How Is World Literature Made?

The Global Circulations of Latin American Literatures

Gesine Müller

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748383

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The debate over the concept of world literature, which has been taking place with renewed intensity over the last twenty years, is tightly bound up with the issues of global interconnectedness in a polycentric world. Most recently, critiques of globalization-related conceptualizations, in particular, have made themselves heard: to what extent is the concept of world literature too closely connected with the political and economic dynamics of globalization? Such questions cannot be answered simply through theoretical debate. The material side of the production of world literature must therefore be more strongly integrated into the conversation than it has been.

Using the example of Latin American literatures, this volume demonstrates the concrete construction processes of world literature. To that purpose, archival materials have been analyzed here: notes, travel reports, and correspondence between publishers and authors. The Latin American examples provide particularly rich information about the processes of institutionalization in the Western world, as well as new perspectives for a contemporary mapping of world literature beyond the established dynamics of canonization.

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Gesine Müller, University of Cologne, Germany.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	V
Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
I Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
II World Literature from the Spanish-Speaking Americas Open Access Download PDF	25
III Concepts of World Literature within Publishing Practices Open Access Download PDF	53
IV The Circulation Processes of Latin American Literatures Open Access Download PDF	93
V Epilogue: (Not) a Summary. The Material and its Resistance Open Access Download PDF	155
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	159

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (Romance Studies, Translation Studies, Cultural Studies, Latin American Literature)
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 174
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- Tables: 3
Keywords: Reception Studies; Latin American Literature; World Literature; Book Markets

eBook

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110748383

Hardcover

Published: December 6, 2021
ISBN: 9783110748376