The Comparative Perspective on Literature
by Clayton Koelb, Susan Noakes (eds.) · Clayton Koelb
Cornell University Press collection of essays, edited by Clayton Koelb and Susan Noakes, on comparative literary method. It shows how comparison works across languages, periods, genres and the other arts, and what theoretical assumptions each comparative approach brings to reading texts.
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