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In:Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World
Edited by Theo D’haen, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 1] 2015
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Who is the Other? Goethe’s encounter with “China” in his Concept of Weltliteratur

Published online: 1 October 2015
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