This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of 'World Literature'. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and situating it within a number of relevant contexts from postcolonialism to postmodernism, Theo D'haen examines: the return of the term 'World Literature' and its changing meaning Goethe's concept of 'Weltliteratur' and how this relates to current debates theories and theorists who have had an impact on World Literature non-canonical and less known literatures from around the globe the possibility and implications of a definition of World...