Suman Gupta is Professor of Literature and Cultural History at the Open University.

• Acknowledgements ix1 The Nuances of Globalization 1Narrative Performance 1Travels of a Term 3Plan of this Study 102 Movements and Protests 13Plucking a Theme 13Anti-Globalization Protests 14Peace Movements 23V-Day 313 Global Cities and Cosmopolis 37Global Teens 37Global Cities 38Global City Transactions 43Cosmopolitan Order and Cosmopolis 48Virtual Cosmopolis 534 Literary Studies and Globalization 62Literary Entanglements 62Turning to Literary Studies 65Globalization Thematized 66Literary Text 71Culture and Identity 855 Postmodernism and Postcolonialism 97Postmodernism 97Postcolonialism 1076 Academic Institutional Spaces 123English Studies 123Comparative Literature/World Literature 136A Note on Translation 1467 The Globalization of Literature 151Dying Authors 151Literary Industries 159References 171Index 185

"This is a fascinating, ambitious and very timely book that tackles one of the hottest topics in literary studies today."Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick "Gupta sheds a clear light on this little explored field through his comprehensive coverage of the scholarship, his multipronged approach to the topic, and his sure-footed negotiation of theoretical issues."Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, New York University"In his book, Professor Gupta examines the relationship between globalization and literature via a historical approach, notably the self/inner differentiation in English studies. It is thought-provoking, full of insight and most cogent, and well worth recommending to everyone seriously interested in this area."Yue Daiyun, Peking University