Essays and studies, 2006 : globalisation and its discontents
Stan Smith (Editor, Author), Bryan Loughrey (Author), Jennifer Birkett (Author), Phyllis Lassner (Author), Sharon Ouditt (Author), Tony Sharpe (Author), Edward Larrissy (Author), Michael Murphy (Author), Liam Connell (Author), English Association
"Unlike most readings of globalisation, these essays depict not an irresistible juggernaut but a process that, in generating its own resistances, opens up the possibility of an alternative world order founded not on the inequalities of power and capital, but on shared commitment to a fragile planet and a common and universal culture."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2006
D.S. Brewer, Cambridge [England], ©2006
Criticism, interpretation, etc
ix, 214 pages ; 23 cm.
9781843840756, 1843840758
65767601
Introduction: Globalisation and its Discontents - Stan SmithArabesque: Shakespeare and Globalisation - Graham Holderness and Bryan Loughrey[En] Countering Globalisation: Resistances in the System - Jennifer BirkettDouble Trouble: George Orwell, Martha Gellhorn and the War to End Global Imperialism - Phyllis LassnerLost Worlds: Southern Italy and the Resistance to Globalisation - Sharon OudittThe Planet on the Table: Some Modernist Perspectives on Globalisation - Tony SharpeIrish Writing and Globalisation - Edward LarrissyLocal Habitations, Global Names: Les Murray and the Poetry Superleague - Michael MurphyBusiness as Usual: The Image of the Corporation in the Cultures of Globalisation - Liam ConnellEpic Logos: On Last Looking into Several Homers - Stan Smith
Essays and studies 2006 is volume fifty-nine in the new series of essays and studies collected on behalf of the English Association