World Literary Histories as Rewritings of World Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22187667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas O Beebee (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-92 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Literature East & West (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2572-3618 • E-ISSN: 2572-3618 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/25723618.2023.2266297 |
| OpenAlex | W4387849074 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This essay approaches the question of rewriting world civilization through a sub-set of civilizational history, namely the historiography of world literature. I will use the changing conceptions of world literature to track a change of emphasis on what matters in world civilization. My presentation is in three parts: a discussion of the nature of history, of literature, and of world literature; a comparison of two nineteenth-century German histories of world literature; and a comparison of two twenty-first century histories of world literature
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Civilization · Historiography · History of literature · Literature · Rewriting · World history · World literature · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philippine History and Culture · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |