{"title":"David Damrosch","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our carefully curated collection of works by David Damrosch, an esteemed scholar in world literature and cultural studies. David Damrosch is renowned for his profound insights into the interconnectedness of literature across different cultures and eras. His book \u003cem\u003eAround the World in 80 Books\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers on a fascinating journey through literary landscapes, offering a unique perspective on how stories shape and reflect the world we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category, Damrosch's works stand out for their ability to transcend traditional boundaries. His writings provide a vibrant tapestry of global narratives, sparking curiosity and expanding one’s understanding of the universal human experience. Browse our selection today and embark on an enlightening exploration of global literature guided by one of its most engaging and knowledgeable scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"around-the-world-in-80-books-by-david-damrosch-9780141981499","title":"Around the World in 80 Books","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's department of Comparative Literature and founder of Harvard's Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic's restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books from around the globe. Following a literary itinerary from London to Venice, Tehran, and points beyond, and via authors from Woolf and Dante to Nobel prizewinners Orhan Pamuk, Wole Soyinka, Mo Yan, and Olga Tokarczuk, he explores how these works have shaped our idea of the world, and the ways the world bleeds into literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo chart the expansive landscape of world literature today, Damrosch explores how writers live in two very different worlds—the world of their personal experience, and the world of books that have enabled great writers to give shape and meaning to their lives. In his literary cartography, Damrosch includes compelling contemporary works as well as perennial classics, hard-bitten crime fiction as well as haunting works of fantasy, and the formative tales that introduce us as children to the world we're entering. Taken together, these eighty titles offer us fresh perspective on perennial problems, from the social consequences of epidemics to the rising inequality that Thomas More designed Utopia to combat, and the patriarchal structures within and against which many of these books' heroines have to struggle, from the work of Murasaki Shikibu a millennium ago to Margaret Atwood today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAround the World in 80 Books\u003c\/em\u003e is a global invitation to look beyond ourselves and our surroundings, and to see our world and its literature in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46542237303020,"sku":"9780141981499","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14616973482238.jpg?v=1749705728"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/david-damrosch.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}