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Cambridge Companions to Literature: The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature
Edited By Yogita Goy
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For two decades, the 'transnational turn' in literary studies has generated enormous comment and controversy. This Companion provides a comprehensive account of the scope, impact, and critical possibilities of the transnational turn in American literary studies. It situates the study of American literature in relation to ethnic, postcolonial, and hemispheric studies. Leading scholars open up wide-ranging examinations of transnationalism in American literature - through form and aesthetics, theories of nation, gender, sexuality, religion, and race, as well as through conventional forms of historical periodization. Offering a new map of American literature in the global era, this volume provides a history ... Read more
For two decades, the 'transnational turn' in literary studies has generated enormous comment and controversy. This Companion provides a comprehensive account of the scope, impact, and critical possibilities of the transnational turn in American literary studies. It situates the study of American literature in relation to ethnic, postcolonial, and hemispheric studies. Leading scholars open up wide-ranging examinations of transnationalism in American literature - through form and aesthetics, theories of nation, gender, sexuality, religion, and race, as well as through conventional forms of historical periodization. Offering a new map of American literature in the global era, this volume provides a history ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Condition
New
Weight
599g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107085206
SKU
V9781107085206
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About Edited By Yogita Goy
Yogita Goyal is Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Romance, Diaspora, and Black Atlantic Literature (Cambridge, 2010) and editor of the journal Contemporary Literature.
Reviews for Cambridge Companions to Literature: The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature
'... deeply thoughtful, rich in examples, indeed exemplary. ... the book matters because the links between capitalism, imperialism, diasporas, and transnationalism, on the one hand, and literature, race, and gender, on the other, are not yet properly understood and consolidated into a strong theoretical frame. ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' K. Toeloelyan, CHOICE '... deeply thoughtful, rich in examples, ... Read more