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Philosophy as World Literature - (Literatures as World Literature) by Jeffrey R Di Leo (Hardcover)

Philosophy as World Literature - (Literatures as World Literature) by  Jeffrey R Di Leo (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Explores the intersections between philosophy and literature through a transnational, comparative lens"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>What does it mean to consider philosophy as a species of not just literature but <i>world</i>literature? The authors in this collection explore philosophy through the lens of the "worlding" of literature--that is, how philosophy is connected and reconnected through global literary networks that cross borders, mix stories, and speak in translation and dialect.<br/><br/> Historically, much of the world's most influential philosophy, from Plato's dialogues and Augustine's confessions to Nietzsche's aphorisms and Sartre's plays, was a form of literature--as well as, by extension, a form of world literature. <i>Philosophy as World Literature</i> offers a variety of accounts of how the worlding of literature problematizes the national categorizing of philosophy and brings new meanings and challenges to the discussion of intersections between philosophy and literature.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Philosophy as World Literature</i> is a valuable contemporary intervention in the long-running quarrel between the philosophers and poets. By reconceiving their relation in terms of the shared problem of 'worlding, ' it replaces old struggles over universality with concrete issues of translation, migration, colonization, and alterity. In the process, a philosophical work's textuality or a novel's philosophical significance is shown to be determined, prior to any theoretical debate, by the facts of its translation, anthologizing, and circulation through networks that are global in scope.<br/>Ralph M. Berry, Emeritus Professor of English, Florida State University, USA<br><br>Certainly those of us who have long argued for the sisterhood of philosophy and literature, and labored to contribute to the tradition of an American philosophical fiction, will welcome <i>Philosophy as World Literature</i> with a cheer. But anyone and everyone who cares deeply about literature and philosophy will be thankful for this huge, necessary, and magnificent collection of illuminating essays.<br/>Charles Johnson, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Washington, USA<br><br>This is an important, timely, and much-needed collection of essays that not only builds bridges between philosophy and literature, but highlights the importance of global networks for both fields.<br/>Susan Bassnett, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Glasgow, UK, and President of the British Comparative Literature Association<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jeffrey R. Di Leo</b> is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA. He is the Editor of the American Book Review, Founding Editor of the journal symploke, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute. His books include<i> </i><i>The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literary and Cultural Theory </i>(2018), <i> </i><i>American Literature as World Literature </i>(2017), and <i>Dead Theory: Derrida, Death, and the Afterlife of Theory </i>(2016), all published by Bloomsbury

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