Goethe in 1827 famously claimed that national literatures did not mean very much anymore, and that the epoch of world literature was at hand. Since the turn of

This volume clarifies the meanings and applications of the concept of the transnational and identifies areas in which the concept can be particularly useful. Th

Transnational Literature: The Basics provides an indispensable overview of this important new field of study and the literature it explores. It concisely descri

This collection examines transnational Asian American women characters in various fictional narratives. It analyzes how certain heroines who are culturally root

The Transnational in English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues that every period of English Literatu