Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability Paperback – April 23, 2013

Considering the prevalence and continuing attention and importance of the representation of Latin American literature in translation, it is a shame that Apter does not even make a passing reference to that "republic of letters," which played an immense role in Pascale Casanova's groundbreaking book. Ultimately, the problem, which abounds in comparatists, is that knowing one more language other than English is insufficient. Read Auerbach.

This should have just been a long essay.

A brilliant and timely refutation of the reductive concept of "world literature".