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A View from My Balcony: Perspectives on Comparative Literature in 1995

A View from My Balcony: Perspectives on Comparative Literature in 1995 A View from My Balcony: Perspectives on Comparative Literature in 1995 Jean-Pierre Barricelli The Comparatist, Volume 20, May 1996, pp. 6-20 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/com.1996.0007 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/415106/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 11:14 GMT from JHU Libraries A VIEW FROM MY BALCONY: PERSPECTIVES ON COMPARATIVE LITERATURE IN 1995 Jean-Pierre Barricelli As a member of the second generation of American comparatists, following that of, among others, Friedrich and Frenz, PoggioU and WeUek, Clements and Levin, Balakian and Aldridge, Remak and Bloch, and therefore stAl—God knows—a pioneer in the '50s and '60s, I find myself in the self-contradictory situation of having to attempt a defini- tion of Comparative Literature in 1995 when I reaUy do not want one. For when I came into academic being long after the '20s, the decade usuaUy attributed to the rise of comparatism, I remember admiring the historical example of Goethe's Uterary cosmopoUtanism two centuries ago, and its more recent appUcation by FarineUi at the outset of our century. Expanding on this background, I beUeved firmly, over 40 years ago when I received my doctorate, that the energy and attractiveness, excitement and seduction, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Comparatist University of North Carolina Press

A View from My Balcony: Perspectives on Comparative Literature in 1995

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A View from My Balcony: Perspectives on Comparative Literature in 1995 Jean-Pierre Barricelli The Comparatist, Volume 20, May 1996, pp. 6-20 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/com.1996.0007 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/415106/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 11:14 GMT from JHU Libraries A VIEW FROM MY BALCONY: PERSPECTIVES ON COMPARATIVE LITERATURE IN 1995 Jean-Pierre Barricelli As a member of the second generation of American comparatists, following that of, among others, Friedrich and Frenz, PoggioU and WeUek, Clements and Levin, Balakian and Aldridge, Remak and Bloch, and therefore stAl—God knows—a pioneer in the '50s and '60s, I find myself in the self-contradictory situation of having to attempt a defini- tion of Comparative Literature in 1995 when I reaUy do not want one. For when I came into academic being long after the '20s, the decade usuaUy attributed to the rise of comparatism, I remember admiring the historical example of Goethe's Uterary cosmopoUtanism two centuries ago, and its more recent appUcation by FarineUi at the outset of our century. Expanding on this background, I beUeved firmly, over 40 years ago when I received my doctorate, that the energy and attractiveness, excitement and seduction,

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