What is World Literature?

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Goethe Coins a Phrase 1(38) PART ONE CIRCULATION Gilgamesh's Quest 39(39) The Pope's Blowgun 78(32) From the Old World to the Whole World 110(37) PART TWO TRANSLATION Love in the Necropolis 147(23) The Afterlife of Mechthild von Magdeburg 170(17) Kafka Comes Home 187(22) PART THREE PRODUCTION English in the World 209(22) Rigoberta Menchu in Print 231(29) The Poisoned Book 260(21) Conclusion: World Enough and Time 281(24) Bibliography 305(14) Index 319