Focused on the relation between processes of globalization and literary genres, this volume intervenes in the prevalent notions of globalization, literary histo

The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. Now that the so-called Ame

This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies, and the bearing that they

This work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon, the "DiverCity," based on the reading of selected North American novels. By analyzing Dionne Brand's

While the very existence of global literary studies as an institutionalised field is not yet fully established, the global turn in various disciplines in the hu