In the continuing debates about the cultural dimensions of globalization, the question of \'literature\' has been something of a poor relation.
Among its many concerns are the legacies of Goethe\'s idea, variable understandings of the term \'literature\' itself, cross-cultural encounters, the.
It takes as its starting point Goethe\'s idea of Weltliteratur , from which it then travels out to various parts of the globe at different historical junctures.
This volume seeks to redress the balance.
In the continuing debates about the cultural dimensions of globalization, the question of \'literature\' has been something of a poor relation