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Globalization and Literary Studies

Hardback

Main Details

Title Globalization and Literary Studies
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Joel Evans
SeriesCambridge Critical Concepts
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:376
Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 158
Category/GenreLiterary theory
ISBN/Barcode 9781108840927
ClassificationsDewey:809
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 21 April 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book provides a history of the way in which literature not only reflects, but actively shapes processes of globalization and our notions of global phenomena. It takes in a broad sweep of history, from antiquity, through to the era of imperialism and on to the present day. Whilst its primary focus is our own historical conjuncture, it looks at how earlier periods have shaped this by tracking key concepts that are imbricated with the concept of globalization, from translation, to empire, to pandemics and environmental collapse. Drawing on these older themes and concerns, it then traces the germ of the relation between global phenomena and literary studies into the 20th and 21st centuries, exploring key issues and frames of study such as contemporary slavery, the digital, world literature and the Anthropocene.

Author Biography

Joel Evans is Assistant Professor in Literature at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Conceptualising the Global in the Wake of the Postmodern: Literature, Culture, Theory (2019).