Vernaculars in an Age of World Literatures

Abstract

The four books in this limited series are an outcome of a major Swedish research project called "Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Dynamics in World Literatures, " the aim of which has been to intervene -not least methodologically -in the current disciplinary development of world literature studies. The series is united by a common introductory chapter and approaches the vernacular in world literature across a range of fields, such as comparative literature, postcolonial literature, and literary anthropology. More information on the research project can be found at Worldlit.se. The books in this series are available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and are available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.They are funded by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.