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3. History and heroes
Ben Hutchinson
in Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Seen from a Western perspective, the history of comparative literature can be divided into three categories: how European literatures have been compared inside Europe; how European ...
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5. The futures of comparative literature
Ben Hutchinson
in Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Comparative literature is both central and marginal to literary studies: central because it draws on almost every discipline in the Humanities; marginal because it is not tied to any single ...
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1. The Corsican, 1769–1796
David A. Bell
in Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in Corsica, just after it came under the control of the Kingdom of France. ‘The Corsican, 1769–1796’ outlines Napoleon’s early life, including his ...
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7. From Marcel to Rrose Selavy
John D. Lyons
in French Literature: A Very Short Introduction
‘From Marcel to Rrose Selavy’ explains how Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu brought a new vigour to the exploration of consciousness, sensation, and memory. The characters all flow ...
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Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Ben Hutchinson
Comparative literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernity: from colonial empire-building in the ...
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