Essays discussing the concept of globalisation as present in works
of art and literature. Like Freud's `civilisation', globalisation
is both cause and consequence of its own discontents, visible at
times only in the resistances it generates. Study of the phenomenon
has until recently been confined largely to economists and
political and social scientists. The present volume brings a range
of literary and cultural analyses to bear to demonstrate both its
actual time-depth and the all-encompassing nature of its influences
on culture and consciousness. The English language and English
literature have been major elements in its forging, underwriting
first British and then American cultural hegemony. Unlike most
readings of globalisation, these essays depict notan irresistible
juggernaut but a process that, in generating its own resistances,
opens up the possibility of an alternative world order founded not
on the inequities of power and capital, but on shared commitment to
a fragile planet and a common and universal culture. Ranging from
Homer to Michael Crichton, Shakespeare to Suleyman Al-Bassam, John
Donne to Les Murray, John Keats to Derek Walcott, Conrad, Gissing
and Edward Lear to V. S. Naipauland Salman Rushdie, and addressing,
among many others, writers as diverse as Paul Valery and Edouard
Glissant, Gertrude Stein and Wallace Stevens, George Orwell, Martha
Gellhorn and Storm Jameson, Eliot, Yeats and Auden, Seamus Heaney
and Paul Muldoon, these essays explore a remarkable range of
responses to the process of globalisation from earliest times to
the present day. Contributors: STAN SMITH, GRAHAM HOLDERNESS, BRYAN
LOUGHREY, JENNIFER BIRKETT, PHYLLIS LASSNER, SHARON OUDITT, TONY
SHARPE, EDWARD LARRISSY, MICHAEL MURPHY, LIAM CONNELL
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
