Comparative Literary Studies : Comparative Poetics is an important essay for our time and deserves to be read with reflection. . . Besides representing an elegant example of the comparatist's approach to the texts, its greatest value lies in Miner's understanding of what has, and should not define comparative studies as an academic discipline. In witty, readable prose, he uncovers the mimetic assumptions that have controlled the West's literary theory. . .Miner's study id provacative and brilliant.

Comparative Poetics is an important essay for our time and deserves to be read with reflection. . . Besides representing an elegant example of the comparatist's approach to the texts, its greatest value lies in Miner's understanding of what has, and should not define comparative studies as an academic discipline. In witty, readable prose, he uncovers the mimetic assumptions that have controlled the West's literary theory. . .Miner's study id provacative and brilliant.