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The Novel and the Globalization of Culture (Paperback)
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Bringing together canonical European authors with authors from the
Third World, this book analyzes the emergence of the modern global
novel, and the way it mirrors the underlying process of cultural
globalization. Through detailed readings of Stendhal, Hardy,
Conrad, Achebe, and Vargas Llosa, this study reveals how the spread
of Western modernity--materially and culturally--has been shadowed
by the destruction of traditional societies. These novels focus on
the individual tragedies of those who represent pre-modern ways of
life; in the process, offering a corrective to Hegel's abstruse
philosophy of history. From rural Victorian England to the Malay
Archipelago, and from the Igbo heartland in Africa to the backlands
of Brazil, a global narrative unfolds, one where the forces of
modernization clash with the defenders of traditional society.
Moses contributes to the ongoing debate on Alexandre Kojeve and the
"end of history," while, at the same time, moving beyond sterile
oppositions--canonical versus non-canonical works, formal literary
criticism versus political/historical critique. With its new
conceptualization of modernity and globalization, this book will
interest the literary scholar, cultural critic, social scientist,
and political theorist.
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