TY - BOOK AU - Behdad,Ali AU - Thomas,Dominic Richard David TI - A companion to comparative literature T2 - Blackwell companions to literature and culture SN - 9781405198790 (hardback) AV - PN871 .C58 2011 U1 - 807 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, Malden, MA PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Comparative literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "A Companion to Comparative Literature 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. Features over thirty original essays from leading international contributors Provides a critical assessment of the status of literary and cross-cultural inquiry Addresses the history, current state, and future of comparative literature Chapters 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"-- ER -