Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Language -- Introduction. Reading World Literature in English -- Chapter 1. 'The Universal Possession of Mankind'? The Discursive Politics of World Literature -- Chapter 2. Rhetorical Power and Symbolic Capital: The Middle Zone of Literary Space -- Chapter 3. At Home in World Literature? Rabindranath Tagore's "The Home and the World" -- Chapter 4. 'I now lay before you the book, the inkwell, and the pens': Tahar Ben Jelloun's "The Sand Child" in English-Language Criticism -- Chapter 5. Who is Afraid of Dario Fo? Translation and Adaptation Strategies in English-Language Versions of "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" -- By Way of Conclusion. Why Investigate Acts of Cross-Cultural Reading? -- Appendix I. Summary of The Sand Child -- Appendix II. Untapped Resources: A Provisional Bibliography on Tahar Ben Jelloun's "The Sand Child" in French -- Bibliography -- Index.