| 单词 | world literature |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworld literature world literature n. [probably after German Weltliteratur Weltliteratur n.] (a) a body of work drawn from many nations and recognized as literature throughout the world; (b) (the sum of) the literature of the world. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > recognized throughout the world world literature1831 Weltliteratur1913 society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > recognized throughout the world > sum of world literature1949 1831 Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. 105 179 Instead of isolated, mutually repulsive National Literatures, a World Literature may one day be looked for? 1908 P. E. More Shelburne Ess. V. 140 Longfellow brought from Germany the ideal of a world literature which should absorb the best of all lands. 1949 R. Wellek & E. A. Warren Theory of Lit. v. 41 The term ‘world literature’, a translation of Goethe's Weltliteratur, is perhaps needlessly grandiose. 1963 Eng. Stud. 44 148 He has noted the widespread occurrence of the bond-story of The Merchant of Venice in world-literature. 2006 M. Dirda Bk. by Bk. Pref. p. xiii Early on I found myself reading just about anything that came my way, from Green Lantern comics to the great classics of world literature. < as lemmas |
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