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The novel and the globalization of culture / Michael Valdez Moses.
Van Pelt Library PR830.C84 M67 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moses, Michael Valdez, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Achebe, Chinua.
- English fiction--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Cultural relations in literature.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Mayor of Casterbridge.
- Hardy, Thomas.
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Lord Jim.
- Conrad, Joseph.
- Achebe, Chinua--Political and social views.
- Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- Guerra de fin del mundo.
- Vargas Llosa, Mario.
- Culture conflict in literature.
- World history in literature.
- Literature and anthropology.
- Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 240 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- Bringing together canonical European authors with authors from the Third World, this book analyzes the emergence of the modern global novel, and the way it mirrors the underlying process of cultural globalization. Through detailed readings of Stendhal, Hardy, Conrad, Achebe, and Vargas Llosa, this study reveals how the spread of Western modernity -- materially and culturally -- has been shadowed by the destruction of traditional societies. Moses contributes to the ongoing debate on Alexandre Kojeve and the "end of history", while, at the same time, moving beyond sterile oppositions -- canonical versus non-canonical works, formal literary criticism versus political/historical critique. With its new conceptualization of modernity and globalization, this book will interest the literary scholar, cultural critic, social scientist, and political theorist.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Hegel, Stendhal, and Posthistorical Existence 3
- Part I The Center Cannot Hold
- 1. Hardy: The Archaeology of a Vanishing Life 29
- 2. Conrad: The Flight from Modernity 67
- Part II The Widening Gyre
- 3. Achebe: Beasts of No Nation 107
- 4. Vargas Llosa: Apocalyptic History and the Liberal Perspective 148.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195089510
- 0195089529
- OCLC:
- 30783116
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