An exploration of the history, ambitions, and impact of the Nobel
Prize in literature as it gained a central position in 20th-century
global literary culture. Few scholars would deny that the Nobel
Prize is the most prestigious literary award in the world. But what
mechanisms made it possible for 18 Swedish intellectuals to become
the world’s most influential literary critics? Paul Tenngart
argues that the Nobel Prize in literature has become a special kind
of international canonization: exerted from a non-central,
semi-peripheral position, the award sometimes confirms and
reinforces hierarchical relations between literary languages and
cultures, and sometimes disturbs established patterns of dominance
and dependence. Drawing from a wide range of contemporary theories
and methods, this multifaceted history of the Nobel Prize questions
how the Swedish Academy has managed to keep the prize's global
status through all the violent international crises of the last 120
years; how the selection of laureates shaped the idea of
'universal' literary values and defined literary quality across
languages and cultures; and what impact the prize has had on the
distribution and significance of particular works, literatures and
languages. The Nobel Prize and the Formation of Contemporary World
Literature explores the history and impact of the Nobel Prize in
literature from the first award in 1901 through recent
controversies involving Bob Dylan and #MeToo, arguing that the
prize is a unique performative act that has been – and still is
– central in our continual and collective construction of world
literature.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic USA
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Paul Tenngart
(Associate Professor)
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5013-8212-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5013-8212-8 |
Barcode: |
9781501382123 |
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