Translation and World Literature offers a variety of international perspectives on the complex role of translation in the dissemination of literatures around the world. Translation and World Literature is an indispensable resource for students and scholars working in the fields of translation studies, comparative literature and world literature.

TABLE OF CONTENTSList of contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: the rocky relationship between translation studies and world literature - Susan Bassnett Translation and world literature: the Indian context - Harish TrivediWorld-literature in French: monolingualism, Francophonie and the dynamics of translation - Charles ForsdickTranslation studies for a world community of literature - Azucena G. Blanco Translation and cosmopolitanism - Paulo de MedeirosGualterio Escoto—a writer across world-literatures - César Domínguez German, translation, and the world in Czernovitz - Sherry SimonMinor translations and the world literature of the masses in Latin America - Martín Gaspar Maxim Gorky and world literature: challenging the maxims - Svetlana PageThe proliferating paths of Jorge Luis Borges’ work in translation and the resistance to an innovative trait - Cecilia Alvstad Two ages of world literature - Karin Littau Seeing the Mediterranean again (in and out of translation) - Stephanos Stephanides Index

'Susan Bassnett, a pioneer in Translation Studies, eloquently defines the relationship between Translation Studies and World Literature as "rocky". This timely book, that could not be edited by a better qualified scholar, examines this relationship with a rich and varied range of contributions. A milestone for future discussions.' Siri Nergaard, University of Bologna, Italy