# Against World Literature

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- Book: [Against World Literature](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-apter/against-world-literature) ([Against World Literature.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-apter/against-world-literature.md))
- Authors: [Emily Apter](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-apter)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-4467-970-6
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2013-04-23
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability argues for a rethinking of comparative literature focusing on the problems that emerge when large-scale paradigms of literary studies ignore...