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A Guide to Comparative Literature

Research Guide to support Comparative Literature at Washington University.

Selection of eBooks on Comparative Literature

Foundational Texts of World Literature by Dominique Jullien
Publication Date: 2011
Re-Thinking Europe by Nele Bemong (Editor); Mirjam Truwant (Editor); Pieter Vermeulen (Editor)
Publication Date: 2008
Perfect Worlds by Douwe Fokkema
Publication Date: 2012
Formative fictions: nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and the Bildungsroman by Tobias Boes
Publication Date: 2012
Conversing Identities: Encounters Between British, Irish and Greek Poetry, 1922-1952 by Konstantina Georganta
Publication Date: 2012

Cambridge E-Books

Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Cambridge Companions in Philosophy, Religion, and Culture
It offers over 1,100 essays addressing 'topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism.'
Literary Studies titles in Cambridge Histories Online
A subset of Cambridge Histories Online, includes about 27 literary studies titles, such as Cambridge History of French Literature.

E-Book Sources

HathiTrust

HathiTrust is a digital library of books and journals with over 3 million volumes viewable and downloadable.