As Others Read Us

As Others Read Us provides an important cross-cultural perspective. By examining the role of tradition, government policy, and bureaucracy in determining which texts are read and esteemed, the contributors enrich our understanding of the formation and propagation of alternative literary canons. By analyzing the influence of American literary texts on the values and aspirations of citizens from other countries, the essayists further illuminate the complex relationship between literature and politics.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 3
Dean Acheson and the Potato Head Blues: or, British Academic Attitudes to America and Its Literature	p. 17
One More Window to the World: American Literature in Bulgaria	p. 34
Progress and Problems: American Literary Studies in China during the Post-Mao Era	p. 49
Notes	p. 64
The: American Within: Danes and American Literature	p. 65
American Literature in France: Pleasures in Perspective	p. 79
Stepping out of Hitler's Shadow to Embrace Uncle Sam?: Notes toward a History of American Literary Studies in West Germany	p. 96
Works Cited	p. 111
(Mis) Understanding America's Literary Canon: The Greek Paradigm	p. 114
The: Counterlife: Israeli Perspectives on American Literature	p. 131
A Place for All: Old and New Myths in the Italian Appreciation of American Literature	p. 148
Cultural Colonization?: American Literary Studies in Japan	p. 161
No Country Is an Island: Some Aspects of American Literature in Mexico	p. 176
Cutting Loose: American Literary Studies in The Netherlands	p. 189
Notes	p. 203
Catching Up: The Polish Critical Response to American Literature	p. 204
Apartheid Defines the Contoursof American Literary Studiesin Southern Africa	p. 219
The: Dual Canon: A Swedish Example	p. 236
Contributors	p. 251
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