{"product_id":"against-world-literature-on-the-politics-of-untranslatability-9781844679706","title":"Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability","description":"\u003ci\u003eAgainst World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a rethinking of comparative literature focusing on the problems that emerge when large-scale paradigms of literary studies ignore the politics of the \"Untranslatable\"--the realm of those words that are continually retranslated, mistranslated, transferred from language to language, or especially resistant to substitution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the place of \"World Literature\"--a dominant paradigm in the humanities, one grounded in market-driven notions of readability and universal appeal--Apter proposes a plurality of \"world literatures\" oriented around philosophical concepts and geopolitical pressure points. The history and theory of the language that constructs World Literature is critically examined with a special focus on \u003ci\u003eWeltliteratur\u003c\/i\u003e, literary world systems, narrative ecosystems, language borders and checkpoints, theologies of translation, and planetary devolution in a book set to revolutionize the discipline of comparative literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Apter \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Comparative Literature and French at New York University. Her published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Translation Zone: A New Comparative Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContinental Drift: From National Characters to Subjects.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516396671250,"sku":"9781844679706","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3dfd7d90-e82f-4750-a345-4fed611b25c5.jpg?v=1731025105","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-world-literature-on-the-politics-of-untranslatability-9781844679706","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}