Cosmopolitan criticism and postcolonial literature / Robert Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Robert, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmopolitanism in literature.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

In his introduction Spencer (postcolonial literature and culture, U. of Manchester, UK) explains that students of world literature are necessarily students of the literary voices arising in response to the imperialism of the past several centuries. He also explains his use of the word cosmopolitan in the title (it's not just for the alliteration), as follows: "...it does important work that is not performed by the more commonly used term `international': that is, it forecasts a form of community beyond rather than between existing nation states." His study delves into defining the cosmopolitan novel, competing cosmopolitanisms, cosmopolitan criticism, Yeats and the idea of late style, J.M. Coetzee and the "War on Terror," reading The Satanic Verses, and Timothy Mo's The Redundancy of Courage. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Competing Cosmopolitanisms

Cosmopolitan Criticism

Late Yeats: 'Beating upon the Wall of the Irish Free State'

J.M. Coetzee and the 'War on Terror'

Refuse to Choose, or, How to Read The Satanic Verses

'Listening for the Echo': Representation and Resistance in Timothy Mo's The Redundancy of Courage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230231665

0230231667

OCLC:

698330377