In this interdisciplinary work that ranges from the ancients through the Renaissance to the present, Jonathan Hart examinessystems, law,theatre,nature, stereotype, otherness, authority,new historicism,deconstruction, feminism, reading, interpretation,poetry, and poetics. The book considers crucial topics and controversies involving the field of Comparative Literature, including subjectivity, Bartolome de Las Casas, and globalization. Regardless of the period, this towering study assumes that meaning, genre, character, language, and structure are principal matters for debate.
- ISBN10 0230339581
- ISBN13 9780230339583
- Publish Date 25 October 2011 (first published 5 October 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format eBook
- Pages 278
- Language English