Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction

Introduction: What is Comparative Literature Today?.

1. How Comparative Literature came into Being.

2. Beyond Frontiers of Europe: Alternative Concepts of Comparative Literature.

3. Comparing the Literatures of the British Isles.

4. Comparative Identities in the Post-Colonial World.

5. Constructing Cultures: the Politics of Travellers' Tales.

6. Gender and Thematics: the Case of Guinevere.

7. From Comparative Literature to Translation Studies.

Notes.

Select Bibliography.

Index.