Rediscovering Comparative Literature’s Unstable Beginnings: A Look at Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum

A new Special Issue re-examines the journal Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum (1877–1888), which has been hailed in recent years as the first journal of comparative literature. The Special Issue is called “Introduction: Acta Comparationis—An Alternative Genealogy of World Comparatism” and the authors are Anca Parvulescu, Alex Goldis, and Levente T. Szabó. The study was published … Continue reading Rediscovering Comparative Literature’s Unstable Beginnings: A Look at Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum