Glocal Metamodernisms - (Studies in Metamodernism: Theory and Criticism Across the Disciplines) (Hardcover)

About the Book

An examination of how "local", language-specific manifestations of literary Metamodernism can be contextualized in relation to "global" trends

Book Synopsis

This volume explores how the contemporary European novel reflects the tensions between local and global conceptualizations of Metamodernism.

Each chapter explicitly addresses metamodern novels' "glocality" in relation to international Metamodernism theory from a variety of perspectives including Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Spanish and Ukrainian. By bringing together insights into the manifestations of Metamodernism in such a variety of cultural contexts, this volume furthers our understanding of the concept of Metamodernism and contextualizes the enduring influence of the legacies of Modernism and Postmodernism in European literature

Review Quotes

"Interrogating and showcasing the diversity of metamodernist literature across Europe, Glocal Metamodernisms: European Fiction after Postmodernism explodes any assumptions that metamodernism is a globally (or, at least, Western) homogeneous cultural tradition. It spotlights writing from Britain, Finland, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and Ukraine to demonstrate the value of attending to their differing relationships to modernism and postmodernism and differing sociopolitical circumstances. Ultimately, by exploring both the global and the local, the essays in this volume enrich and enliven our understanding of literary metamodernism in both theory and practice." --Alison Gibbons, Reader in Contemporary Stylistics and Head of the Stylistics Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University

About the Author

Dennis Kersten is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Radboud University.
Paula Romero Polo is Lecturer in the Institute of Hispanic Studies at the University of Warsaw.
Usha Wilbers is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Radboud University.