{"product_id":"gatekeepers-the-emergence-of-world-literature-and-the-1960s-9780190274146","title":"Gatekeepers: The Emergence of World Literature and the 1960s","description":"The romantic idea of the writer as an isolated genius has been discredited, but there are few empirical studies documenting the role of gatekeeping in the literary process. How do friends, agents, editors, translators, small publishers, and reviewers-not to mention the changes in technology\u003cbr\u003eand the publishing industry-shape the literary process? This matrix is further complicated when books cross cultural and language barriers, that is, when they become part of world literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eGatekeepers\u003c\/em\u003e builds on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Randall Collins, James English, and Mark McGurl, describing the multi-layered gatekeeping process in the context of World Literature after the 1960s. It focuses on four case studies: Gabriel García Márquez, Charles Bukowski, Paul Auster and Haruki\u003cbr\u003eMurakami. The two American authors achieved remarkable success overseas owing to canny gatekeepers; the two international authors benefited tremendously from well-curated translation into English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich in archival materials (correspondence between authors, editors, and translators, and publishing industry analyses), interviews with publishers and translators, and close readings of translations, this study shows how the process and production of literature depends on the larger social forces\u003cbr\u003eof a given historical moment. William Marling also documents the ever-increasing Anglo-centric dictate on the gatekeeping process. World literature, the book argues, is not so much a republic of letters as a field of chance on which the conversation is partly bracketed by historic events and\u003cbr\u003etechnological opportunities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Marling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190274146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam H. Marling\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English and World Literature at Case Western Reserve University. A former journalist, he has published several books, including \u003cem\u003eHow American Is Globalization?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe American Roman Noir\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929199165555,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c3b0b050-ad9f-4277-9adb-cefe60c6c5ea.jpg?v=1647611053","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/gatekeepers-the-emergence-of-world-literature-and-the-1960s-9780190274146","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}