Cosmopolitanism in Twenty-First Century Fiction

Dr Kristian Shaw is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary and Postcolonial Literature at the University of Lincoln, U.K. His research interests include twenty-first century literature, globalization studies, and postmodernism. He has published widely on contemporary fiction and served as a reader and editor of C21 Literature: Journal of 21st Century Writing

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Global Imaginaries of David Mitchell.- Chapter 2: Cosmopolitan Hospitality and Cultural Agency in Zadie Smith’s NW.- Chapter 3: Critical Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Connectivity in Teju Cole’s Open City,- Chapter 4: 'Solidarity by Connectivity': The Myth of Digital Cosmopolitanism.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.