BOOK REVIEW: CORIN BRAGA (ED.), "ENCICLOPEDIA IMAGINARIILOR DIN ROMÂNIA I. IMAGINAR LITERAR". GENERAL EDITOR: CORIN BRAGA. IAȘI, POLIROM, 2020, 440 P.

Abstract

The Encyclopaedia of Romanian Imaginaries, Volume I: Literary Imaginary, edited by Corin Braga, has the makings of a watershed moment in the history of Romanian literary criticism. Across twenty chapters focusing on different domains of representation in Romanian literature, the volume aims for a panoramic “glocalization” (in the sense defined by Roland Robertson in 1995) of the country’s literary output on the European and world stage. Each of these articles traces and synthesizes the history behind various movements, trends, and aspects of Romanian literature through a framework which fuses different theories on the imaginary, as outlined in Braga’s introductory chapter.