{"product_id":"9781405198790","title":"A Companion to Comparative Literature","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Comparative Literature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAli Behdad | Dominic Thomas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Comparative Literature\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of more than thirty original essays from established and emerging scholars, which explore the history, current state, and future of comparative literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures over thirty original essays from leading international contributors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a critical assessment of the status of literary and cross-cultural inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the history, current state, and future of comparative literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapters address such topics as the relationship between translation and transnationalism, literary theory and emerging media, the future of national literatures in an era of globalization, gender and cultural formation across time, East-West cultural encounters, postcolonial and diaspora studies, and other experimental approaches to literature and culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAli Behdad\u003c\/b\u003e is John Charles Hillis Professor of Comparative Literature and Chair of English Department at UCLA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBelated Travelers: Orientalism in the Age of Colonial Dissolution\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eA Forgetful Nation: On Immigration and Cultural Identity in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is Chair of the Departments of French and Francophone Studies and Italian at the University of California Los Angeles, where he is also Professor of Comparative Literature. He has edited several volumes on literary topics and is the author of \u003ci\u003eNation-Building, Propaganda and Literature in Francophone Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eBlack France: Colonialism, Immigration and Transnationalism\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 October 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405198790\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e542\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e39.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315774976140,"sku":"9781405198790","price":220.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405198790_07b23570-43d6-48a7-b084-684f959620cc.jpg?v=1780203977","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405198790","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}