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  • 38 - The Anthology as the Canon of World Literature

  • from Part VII - Scales, Polysystems, Canons
  • Edited by Debjani Ganguly, University of Virginia
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of World Literature
    Published online:
    17 August 2021
    Print publication:
    09 September 2021, pp 749-764

  • Summary

    Taking the six-volume Longman Anthology of World Literature as an exemplary instance of the canonisation of world literature, this chapter examines the portability of world thoughts through the medium of the anthology piece. Framing the discussion with definitions of canon and anthology, it focuses on the twentieth-century volume of the Longman Anthology to understand world literature's negotiation of the universal and the particular. With the help of examples drawn from the literary works showcased in volume F, the chapter offers an overview of debates in the field of world literary studies around questions of translatability, literary comparatism, the public value of arts and letters, and the language of literature as a mode of cross-cultural contact.