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Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination
Cyrus R.K. Patell
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Description for Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination
Hardcover. Through contemporary theories of cosmopolitanism and analyses of literary texts such as Heart of Darkness, Lilith's Brood, and Moby-Dick, this book explores the cosmopolitan impulses behind the literary imagination. Patell argues that cosmopolitanism regards human difference as an opportunity to be embraced rather than a problem to be solved. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
Through contemporary theories of cosmopolitanism and analyses of literary texts such as Heart of Darkness, Lilith's Brood, and Moby-Dick, this book explores the cosmopolitan impulses behind the literary imagination. Patell argues that cosmopolitanism regards human difference as an opportunity to be embraced rather than a problem to be solved.
Through contemporary theories of cosmopolitanism and analyses of literary texts such as Heart of Darkness, Lilith's Brood, and Moby-Dick, this book explores the cosmopolitan impulses behind the literary imagination. Patell argues that cosmopolitanism regards human difference as an opportunity to be embraced rather than a problem to be solved.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312233877
SKU
V9780312233877
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About Cyrus R.K. Patell
Cyrus R. K. Patell is Associate Professor of English at New York University Abu Dhabi, USA. He is the author most recently of US Emergent Literatures: From Multiculturalism to Cosmopolitanism in the Late Twentieth Century.
Reviews for Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination
"Patell's cosmopolitan readings of a wide range of works from Shakespeare's Othello to Claude Lanzmann's Shoah cover topics from historical fiction to animal studies. Addressing the role of world literature and multiculturalism, this pedagogically helpful book offers a fuller understanding of how to approach 'global texts' and their contexts in the challenging yet creative tension between cultural familiarity and difference." ... Read more