Around the World in 80 Books

David Damrosch, the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature in the Department of Comparative Literature, has embarked on a journey this summer, traversing the globe through reading.

Through his website, Around the World in 80 Books, Prof. Damrosch is chronicling his "travels through classic and contemporary world literature, offering you the chance to look freshly at some works you’ve always loved and to make new discoveries in their company."

"For sixteen weeks from mid-May through the end of August, he will be posting on a cluster of five books per week, one per day every Monday through Friday. Each week’s set of works will be associated with a place that they’ve embodied in memorable form. The website will highlight the way these works reflect or refract their world and the way they enter into the world in turn, and it will also serve as a kind of ship’s log for the book that will emerge at journey’s end."   Join Prof. Damrosch on his journey!