Sándor Hites is the Senior Research Fellow at the HUN-REN Research Center for the Humanities, Institute of Literary Studies and has focused on the intersections of economy and literature and holds visiting fellowships at the University of London (2009) and the University of Edinburgh (2012), visiting professorships at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (2012–13) and the University of Toronto (2015–17).

• Introduction; 1. World literature as free trade; 2. World literature as a gift economy; 3. World literature as a planned economy; 4. World literature and national protectionism; 5. World literature as a common good and the dialectics of property; Coda: toward a global political economy of world literature.

Sándor Hites is the Senior Research Fellow at the HUN-REN Research Center for the Humanities, Institute of Literary Studies and has focused on the intersections of economy and literature and holds visiting fellowships at the University of London (2009) and the University of Edinburgh (2012), visiting professorships at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (2012–13) and the University of Toronto (2015–17).

• Introduction; 1. World literature as free trade; 2. World literature as a gift economy; 3. World literature as a planned economy; 4. World literature and national protectionism; 5. World literature as a common good and the dialectics of property; Coda: toward a global political economy of world literature.

Sándor Hites is the Senior Research Fellow at the HUN-REN Research Center for the Humanities, Institute of Literary Studies and has focused on the intersections of economy and literature and holds visiting fellowships at the University of London (2009) and the University of Edinburgh (2012), visiting professorships at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (2012–13) and the University of Toronto (2015–17).

• Introduction; 1. World literature as free trade; 2. World literature as a gift economy; 3. World literature as a planned economy; 4. World literature and national protectionism; 5. World literature as a common good and the dialectics of property; Coda: toward a global political economy of world literature.