Forget English!

Harvard University Press eBooks· 2016-02-22· book· 354 citationsclosed

Comparative and World Literature Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Abstract

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.

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Aamir R. Mufti (2016). Forget English!. Harvard University Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674915404

@book{r2016forget,
  title  = {Forget English!},
  author = {Mufti, Aamir R.},
  year   = {2016},
  publisher = {Harvard University Press eBooks},
  doi    = {10.4159/9780674915404}
}

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