Memos from the Besieged City

Memos from the Besieged City
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9780804770507
ISBN-13 : 0804770506
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Download or read book Memos from the Besieged City written by Djelal Kadir and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a historical and critical reassessment of the field of comparative literature—the study of cultures and their literary posterity across national borders and historical frontiers—at a moment when notions of literacy and culture are under inordinate pressure by predatory globalization and militaristic realpolitik.


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