Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature
Via readings of novels by J.M. Coetzee, Timothy Mo and Salman Rushdie and the later poetry of W.B. Yeats, this book reveals how postcolonial writing can encourage the enlarged sense of moral and political responsibility needed to supplant ongoing forms of
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Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature
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Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature Robert Spencer Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature and Culture, University of Manchester, UK
© Robert Spencer 2011 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2011 978-0-230-23166-5 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-31209-2 ISBN 978-0-230-30590-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230305908
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spencer, Robert, 1977– Cosmopolitan criticism and postcolonial literature / Robert Spencer. p. cm. Includes index. 1. Cosmopolitanism in literature. 2. Postcolonialism in literature. 3. Imperialism in literature. I. Title. PN56.C683S64 2011 809’.04—dc22 2011008059 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
For my parents
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Contents Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Sound upon Silence
1
Defining cosmopolitanism
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The cosmopolitan novel?
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‘A cosmopolitanism of humility’
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Competing Cosmopolitanisms
18
Cosmopolitanism in postcolonial theory
20
‘A cosmopolitanism worthy of the name’
32
Conclusion
38
Cosmopolitan Criticism
40
Worldliness
40
Cosmopolitan hermeneutics
50
Conclusion
58
Late Yeats: ‘Beating upon the Wall of the Irish Free State’
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Yeats and the idea of late style
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Seeking a theme
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‘An old man’s eagle mind’
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Civilisations fall and rise
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Conclusion
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