Global Novel and Capitalism in Crisis

Dr Treasa De Loughry is Lecturer/ Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in World Literature in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin, Ireland.

• 1. Chapter 1 Introduction: Global, Postcolonial, and World Literatures.- 2. Chapter 2 Global Literature, Realism, and the World-System in Crisis.- 3. Chapter 3 ‘Worlds in Collision’: Salman Rushdie, Globalisation, and Postcoloniality-in-Crisis.- 4. Chapter 4 ‘Prophet Malthus Surveyed a Dustbowl’: David Mitchell, Neo-Malthusianism and the World-Ecology in Crisis.- 5. Chapter 5 Aesthetic Attitudes to Globalisation: Rana Dasgupta, Capitalism-in-Crisis, and Narrating the World.- 6. Chapter 6 ‘FAC UT ARDEAT’: Rachel Kushner, the World-Historical Novel, and Energetic Materialism.- 7. Chapter 7 Conclusion: Towards A Literary Internationale.