The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature

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 of the field, key debates, and instances of literary readings that convey the way in which transnationalism may be seen as a method, not just a description of literary work that engages more than one nation. Contributors identify the key modes by which writers have responded to major historical, political, and ethical issues prompted by the globalization of literary studies.

Author: Yogita Goyal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/13/2017
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.15h x 6.06w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781107448384

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2017

About the Author
Goyal, Yogita: - 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.