The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor
than of global reality. In this book, Pascale Casanova shows us the
state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements--a world
of letters relatively independent from economic and political
realms, and in which language systems, aesthetic orders, and genres
struggle for dominance. Rejecting facile talk of globalization,
with its suggestion of a happy literary "melting pot," Casanova
exposes an emerging regime of inequality in the world of letters,
where minor languages and literatures are subject to the invisible
but implacable violence of their dominant counterparts.
Inspired by the writings of Fernand Braudel and Pierre
Bourdieu, this ambitious book develops the first systematic model
for understanding the production, circulation, and valuing of
literature worldwide. Casanova proposes a baseline from which we
might measure the newness and modernity of the world of
letters--the literary equivalent of the meridian at Greenwich. She
argues for the importance of literary capital and its role in
giving value and legitimacy to nations in their incessant struggle
for international power. Within her overarching theory, Casanova
locates three main periods in the genesis of world
literature--Latin, French, and German--and closely examines three
towering figures in the world republic of letters--Kafka, Joyce,
and Faulkner. Her work provides a rich and surprising view of the
political struggles of our modern world--one framed by sites of
publication, circulation, translation, and efforts at literary
annexation.
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