{"product_id":"9783031538452","title":"New Comparisons in World Literature: Nation and Form on the Borders of Europe","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNew Comparisons in World Literature: Nation and Form on the Borders of Europe\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHazzard, Christinna\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book explores the geopolitical and symbolic borders of Europe through the concept of the semi-periphery.  Focusing on the North Atlantic island nations, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and Turkey – a set of very different social and cultural landscapes – the book compares the semi-peripheral aesthetics of Halldór Laxness’s and William Heinesen’s novels with the semi-peripheral city and borderscapes in works by Orhan Pamuk and Latife Tekin. It offers new readings of texts such as Laxness’s \u003ci\u003eThe Atom Station\u003c\/i\u003e and Pamuk’s \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e, and provides original readings of works that little has been written about in English, such as Heinesen’s \u003ci\u003eThe Black Cauldron\u003c\/i\u003e and Tekin’s \u003ci\u003eSwords of Ice.\u003c\/i\u003e Making use of the theory of uneven and combined development and world systems theory, the book illustrates that the experience of nation-building and capitalist modernisation in the semi-periphery results in a particular realist aesthetic that is remarkably similar across different regional literatures. The book’s world-literary method shows that the semi-periphery constitutes a vital and productive area of study both for world literature and for broadening our understanding of colonialism and imperialism on the margins of continental Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-05-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031538452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-53843-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 230\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44395499487372,"sku":"9783031538452","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031538452.jpg?v=1776697881","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031538452","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}