"Vilashini Cooppan's Worlds Within: National Narratives and Global Connections in Postcolonial Writing offers a timely and expansive study of the construct of the nation that engages theoretical debates at the heart of postcolonial studies and comparative literature . . . Worlds Within offers a compelling investigation of how a series of highly influential theorists and writers have imagined the nation that, moreover, attests to the enduring profitability of psychoanalysis as a critical apparatus for comprehending the mechanisms of globalization."—Elizabeth S. Anker, Comparative Literature Studies "This is a book for students of English, and academics . . . This is a great addition to the role of postcolonial narratives and their place in society."—Devin Winter, San Francisco Book Review "The author observes that as a phantasmal projection, nationalism remains a fundamental princeiple for self-identification, working alternatively as a force of regulation and of resistance against hegemonies."—K. M. Kapanga Choice "Worlds Within takes the risk of bringing psychoanalytical dimensions to the study of nationalism and postcoloniality—a risk I applaud—without compromising in the least either the excavating insights of social analysis or the nuanced precision of literary reading. It is a fine, bracing work, self-assured and learned, analytical and intuitive—a book that opens further the horizon of criticism." —Stathis Gourgouris, Columbia University "Worlds Within is beautifully written, wonderfully articulate, containing both recollection and discovery. It is a major contribution to work in postcolonial studies, comparative literature, and the field of humanities broadly conceived." —Robert Barsky, Vanderbilt University