Paperback reprint. Originally published: 2020.
David Damrosch Livres
David Damrosch est un éminent spécialiste de la littérature comparée et mondiale, dont l'œuvre s'étend de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Il explore l'évolution et la transformation des genres littéraires, examinant les contextes historiques et culturels qui façonnent la création et la diffusion des œuvres littéraires. Ses recherches éclairent la manière de lire et de comprendre la littérature mondiale à l'échelle planétaire, en soulignant l'interconnexion des traditions littéraires à travers les cultures et les siècles. Il aborde également l'environnement académique et les approches pédagogiques dans les études littéraires.
A transporting voyage around the globe through classic and modern literary works in conversation with one another and the world. Inspired by Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's Department of Comparative Literature, explores eighty exceptional books to counter pandemic travel restrictions. His literary journey spans from London to Venice, Tehran, and beyond, featuring authors from Woolf and Dante to Nobel laureates like Orhan Pamuk, Wole Soyinka, Mo Yan, and Olga Tokarczuk. Damrosch examines how these works shape our understanding of the world and how the world influences literature. He highlights the duality of writers' experiences: their personal lives and the literary canon that informs them. His cartography includes contemporary works, timeless classics, gritty crime fiction, and enchanting fantasy, along with formative tales that introduce us to the world. Collectively, these eighty titles provide fresh perspectives on enduring issues, from the social impacts of epidemics to rising inequality, as explored by Thomas More in Utopia, and the patriarchal struggles faced by many heroines, from Murasaki Shikibu to Margaret Atwood. This exploration invites readers to look beyond themselves and perceive their world and its literature in new ways.
