An edition of Readings in World Literature (2012)

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An edition of Readings in World Literature (2012)

Readings in World Literature

"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.

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Publisher
Omnidawn
Pages
42

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Sep 01, 2012, Omnidawn
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Library of Congress
PS3618.E427 R43 2012

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Format
paperback
Number of pages
42

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Open Library
OL27608821M
Internet Archive
readingsinworldl0000redd
ISBN 10
1890650641
ISBN 13
9781890650643
OCLC/WorldCat
785823237
Amazon ID (ASIN)
1890650641

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