Explores the study of literature and literary history in the light of globalization and argues that international canonization of books and authors can be used as an instrument for textual analysis of world literature. This title also offers a nuanced understanding of the mechanism of canonization in the international sphere. "This volume ingeniously links national and transnational literatures and global culture while assembling a useful list of formal and thematic elements that will lead readers to engage with  old and new texts in new constellations and  ways." - Choice