Literary Multilingualism: Representation, Form, Interpretation — Introduction

“Come play bilingual games with me,” writes Doris Sommer in the introduction (suitably titled “Invitation”) to her 2004 book Bilingual Aesthetics.[1] Sommer’s groundbreaking book, which revolves around the creative potential of multilingualism, was also intended to convince her readers of the benefits of living in more than one language for public, private, and intellectual