Forget English!

Forget English!
Author :
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 262
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780674915428
ISBN-13 : 0674915429
Rating : 4/5 (429 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Forget English! by : Aamir R. Mufti

Download or read book Forget English! written by Aamir R. Mufti and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World literature advocates have promised to move humanistic study beyond postcolonial theory and antiquated paradigms of national literary traditions. Aamir Mufti scrutinizes these claims and critiques the continuing dominance of English as both a literary language and the undisputed cultural system of global capitalism.


Forget English! Related Books

The Library of Babel
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Jorge Luis Borges
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-05-25 - Publisher: Penguin Classics

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning C
Tar for Mortar
Language: en
Pages: 110
Authors: Jonathan Basile
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: punctum books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

TAR FOR MORTAR offers an in-depth exploration of one of literature's greatest tricksters, Jorge Luis Borges. His short story "The Library of Babel" is a signatu
Sammlung
Language: en
Pages: 560
Authors: Jorge Luis Borges
Categories: Argentine literature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Though best known in the English speaking world for his short fictions and poems, Borges is revered in Latin America equally as an immensely prolific and beguil
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Fernando Báez
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Examines the many reasons and motivations for the destruction of books throughout history, citing specific acts from the smashing of ancient Sumerian tablets to
The Library Book
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors:
Categories: Library buildings
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Aperture Foundation

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Schiff's photographs capture the shifting architectural styles and missions of the library, from the very earliest American libraries to the modernist masterpie