Contents

1. Preface
2. Prologue: The Universal Library of World Literature
3. 1   Where in the World Is World Literature?
4. 2   Orientalism and the Institution of Indian Literature
5. 3   Global English and Its Others
6. 4   “Our Philological Home Is the Earth”: World Literature from Auerbach to Said
7. Epilogue: “For a Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing”
8. Notes
9. Acknowledgments
10. Index