Five Economies of World Literature

Breaks new ground in the study of world literature by analysing the genesis of this concept in the context of early European political economy. Addressing readers interested in comparative literature, intellectual history, or economic thought, useful for any university course dealing with the theory and praxis of global cultural exchanges.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. World literature as free trade; 2. World literature as a gift economy; 3. World literature as a planned economy; 4. World literature and national protectionism; 5. World literature as a common good and the dialectics of property; Coda: toward a global political economy of world literature.

About the author

Sándor Hites is the Senior Research Fellow at the HUN-REN Research Center for the Humanities, Institute of Literary Studies and has focused on the intersections of economy and literature and holds visiting fellowships at the University of London (2009) and the University of Edinburgh (2012), visiting professorships at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (2012-13) and the University of Toronto (2015-17).

Product details

• Authors: Sandor Hites, Sandor (Hun-Ren Research Center for the Hum Hites
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781009654937
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0965493-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Studies in World Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Europe, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Comparative Literature, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Interest age: from c 17 years, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents