The Nobel Prize in Literature and Europe

The Nobel Prize in Literature and Europe (volume following the study day “Nobel Prize: a European spirit?” held on 20 June 2019)

The backbone of this volume is the question of the values that, on the one hand, govern the selection of Nobel Prize in Literature laureates, and on the other hand, underpin—within the cultural economy—the legitimacy of the Nobel Prize in Literature as an institution claiming to define orders and hierarchies. These values appear to be closely tied to those structuring a European ideal which, in a geographically expanded form, remains very much alive today in official discourse.

Editor’s website : Peter Lang