Transcultural Writers and Novels in the Age of Global Mobility Contributor(s): Dagnino, Arianna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557537062 ISBN-13: 9781557537065 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Modern - 21st Century |
Dewey: 809.3 |
LCCN: 2014040755 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Transcultural Writers and Novels in the Age of Global Mobility, Arianna Dagnino analyzes a new type of literature emerging from artists' increased movement and cultural flows spawned by globalization. This transcultural literature is produced by authors who write across cultural and national boundaries. Dagnino's book contains a creative rendition of interviews conducted with five internationally renowned writers-Inez Baranay, Brian Castro, Alberto Manguel, Tim Parks, and Ilija Trojanow-and a critical exegesis reflecting on thematic critical, and stylistic aspects. By studying the selected authors' corpus of work, life experiences, and cultural orientations, Dagnino explores the implicit, often subconscious process of cultural and imaginative metamorphosis that leads transcultural writers and their fictionalized characters beyond ethnic national, racial, or religious loci of identity and identity formation. The work is a significant contribution to scholorship, for it increases our theoretical awareness of today's literary developments, providing us with critical tools that enable us to approach literary texts with an innovative perspective.-Maurizio Ascari, Universita di Bologna. |