In the age of globalization, the category of #xE2;#xAC;#xDC;World Literature#xE2;#xAC;" is increasingly important to academic teaching and research. The Routledge Companion to World Literatureoffers a comprehensive pathway into this burgeoning and popular field. Separated into five key sections, the volume covers: the history of World Literature through significant writers and theorists from Goethe through to Said the disciplinary relationship of World Literature to areas such as philology, translation, globalization and diaspora studies theoretical issues in World Literature including sexuality, politics and ethics the pedagogy of World Literature #xE2;#xAC;#x1C; how it is taught, anthologised, canonised and mapped a global perspective on the geography of World Literature. The fifty outstanding contributors to this companion offer an ideal introduction to those approaching the field for the first time, or looking to further their knowledge of this extensive field.