Emily Apter - Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability

Emily Apter, Professor of French and Comparative Literature at New York University, discusses her new book, Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability at Great New Books in the Humanities: New Directions in Comparative Literature. Held on September 11, 2013, this event was hosted by The Humanities Initiative at NYU and the NYU department of Comparative Literature.