This Companion presents lucid and exemplary critical essays, introducing readers to the major ideas and practices of world literary studies.

Thomsen develops the concept of constellations of books based on particular formal and thematic traits and shows how this works in relation to literature writte

In the age of globalization, the category of "World Literature" is increasingly important to academic teaching and research. The Routledge Companion to World Li

This collection gives a diversified account of world literature, examining not only the rise of the concept, but also problems such as the relation between the