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020 $a9781890650643
020 $a1890650641
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn785823237
035 $a(OCoLC)785823237
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040 $aGZN$cGZN$dCDX
050 14 $aPS3618.E427$bR43 2012
100 1 $aReddy, Srikanth,$d1973-
245 10 $aReadings in world literature /$cSrikanth Reddy.
260 $aRichmond, Calif. :$bOmnidawn Pub.,$c2012.
300 $a33 p. ;$c18 cm.
500 $a"The daybook of a speaker haunted by the prospect of perpetual night. Cast in the form of lecture notes for an imaginary course in the humanities, this extended prose sequence combines academic satire, a survivor's memoir, translations from obscure works of world literature, and a postmodern journey through the underworlds of various cultures. Accompanied by a class full of skeptical students -- 'some in headscarves, some, occasionally, dressed in fatigues' -- the quixotic protagonist of this volume undertakes to scale the Tower of Babel that is world literature, and learns, in the process, that learning itself may count for precious little in the final reckoning. 'Contrary to the accounts of Mu Lian, Odysseus, and Kwasi Benefo,' this speaker discovers, 'it is not customarily permitted to visit the underworld. No, the underworld visits you.'"--P. [4] of cover.
852 00 $bglx$hPS3618.E427$iR43 2012g