Premises and problems : essays on world literature and cinema / edited and with an introduction by Luiza Franco Moreira.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021]
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vii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Fernand Braudel Center studies in historical social science [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Discusses world literature and cinema from the perspective of literary languages and film traditions that do not hold a hegemonic position"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • In search of universal laws : Averroes' interpretation of Aristotle's Poetics / Tarek Shamma
    • Lost in transliteration : Morisco travel writing and the Coplas del hijante de Puey Monçón / Benjamin Liu
    • Modern Hebrew literature as "world literature" : the political theology of Dov Sadan / Hannan Hever
    • Islam in the theory and practice of world literature : translating Adab in the Middle Eastern novel / Karim Mattar
    • Selective invisibility : Elizabeth Bishop, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and world literature / Luiza Franco Moreira
    • Latin America and the world : Borges, Bolaño, and the inconceivable universal / Patrick Dove
    • Analysis of the socio-culture in the study of the modern world-system / Richard E. Lee
    • Ethics of skepticism : a case study in contemporary world cinema / Jeroen Gerrits
    • Polycentrism, periphery, and the place of Brazilian cinema in world cinema / Cecília Mello.
    ISBN
    • 9781438482477 (hardcover)
    • 1438482477 (hardcover)
    • 9781438482460 (paperback)
    • 1438482469 (paperback)
    LCCN
    2020048816
    OCLC
    1226075274
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