The Routledge to companion to world literature.

Part I. Historical dimension. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : origins and relevance of Weltliteratur / John Pizer -- Hugo Meltzl and "the principle of polyglottism" / David Damrosch -- Georg Brandes : the telescope of comparative literature / Svend Erik Larsen -- Richard Moulton and the "perspective attitude" in world literature / Sarah Lawall -- Rabindranath Tagore's comparative world literature / Bhavya Tiwari -- Richard Meyer's concept of world literature / Monika Schmitz-Emans -- Albert Guérard : reworking humanism for a troubled century / Dominique Vaugeois -- Erich Auerbach and the death and life of world literature / Aamir R. Mufti -- Qian Zhongshu as comparatist / Zhang Longxi -- René Etiemble : defense and illustration of a "true literary comparatism" / Samira Sayeh -- Dionýz Ďurišim and a systemic theory of world literature / César Domínguez -- Claudio Guillén : (world) literature as system / Darío Villanueva -- Edward W. Said : the worldliness of world literature / Jonathan Arac -- Pascale Casanova and the Republic of Letters / Helena Carvalhão Buescu -- Franco Moretti and the global wave of the novel / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen.