list books comparative literature see bibliography text books comparative literature early work work considered foundational discipline comparative literature include spanish humanist juan andr 's work transylvanian hungarian hugo meltzl de lomnitz 's scholarship also founding editor journal ''acta comparationis litterarum universarum'' irish scholar hm posnett 's ''comparative literature'' however antecedents found ideas johann wolfgang von goethe vision world literature ''weltliteratur '' russian formalists credited alexander veselovsky laying groundwork discipline viktor zhirmunsky instance referred veselovsky
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