Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination

Through contemporary theories of cosmopolitanism and analyses of literary texts such as Heart of Darkness, Lilith's Brood, and Moby-Dick, this book explores the cosmopolitan impulses behind the literary imagination. Patell argues that cosmopolitanism rega

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Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination

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Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination

COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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Crossing Boundaries of Culture and Thought

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Religious Belief

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Historical Fiction

69