{"product_id":"against-world-literature-on-the-politics-of-untranslatability-9781844679706","title":"Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emily Apter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413277302935,"sku":"9781844679706","price":3249.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781844679706.webp?v=1767444645","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/against-world-literature-on-the-politics-of-untranslatability-9781844679706","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}