While traditionally the novel has been seen as tracking the development of the nation state, Schoene queries whether globalisation might currently be prompting the emergence of a new sub-genre of the novel that is adept at imagining global community. The book introduces a new generation of contemporary Britishwriters – Rachel Cusk, Kiran Desai, Hari Kunzru, Jon McGregor and David Mitchell – whose work is read against that of established novelists Arundhati Roy, James Kelman and Ian McEwan and through Jean-Luc Nancy’s work on community andcreative world-formation. Each chapter explores a different theoretical key concept, including ‘glocality’, ‘glomicity’, ‘tour du monde’, ‘connectivity’ and ‘compearance’.
- ISBN: 978-0-7486-4003-4
- Editorial: Edinburgh University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés