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No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS.  \nAny person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.  \nThe author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nFirst published 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN  \nPalgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS.  \nPalgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.  \nPalgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world.  \nPalgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.  \nISBN 978–0–230–23166–5 hardback  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spencer, Robert, 1977–  \nCosmopolitan criticism and postcolonial literature / Robert Spencer.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes index.  \nISBN 978–0–230–23166–5 (hardback)  \n1. Cosmopolitanism in literature. 2. Postcolonialism in literature.  \n3. Imperialism in literature. I. Title.  \nPN56.C683S64 2011  \n809’.04—dc22 2011008059  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 Printed and bound in Great Britain by  \nCPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne  \nFor my parents  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements ix  \n1 Introduction: Sound upon Silence 1  \nDefining cosmopolitanism 4  \nThe cosmopolitan novel? 7  \n‘A cosmopolitanism of humility’ 13  \n2 Competing Cosmopolitanisms 18  \nCosmopolitanism in postcolonial theory 20  \n‘A cosmopolitanism worthy of the name’ 32  \nConclusion 38  \n3 Cosmopolitan Criticism 40  \nWorldliness 40  \nCosmopolitan hermeneutics 50  \nConclusion 58  \n4 Late Yeats: ‘Beating upon the Wall of the Irish Free State’ 60  \nYeats and the idea of late style 64  \nSeeking a theme 74  \n‘An old man’s eagle mind’ 84  \nCivilisations fall and rise 90  \nConclusion 97  \n5 J.M. Coetzee and the ‘War on Terror’ 104  \nTorture and dehumanisation 108  \nForm and allegory 112  \nPower and the body 126  \nConclusion 136  \n6 Refuse to Choose, or, How to Read The Satanic Verses 138  \nLiterature and fundamentalism 140  \nStyles of migration 146  \nviii Contents  \n‘The clash of fundamentalisms’ 154  \nConclusion 160  \n7 ‘Listening for the echo’: Representation and Resistance  \nin Timothy Mo’s The Redundancy of Courage 163  \nSaid contra Said 166  \nNarrative and truth 176  \nReading and resistance 183  \nConclusion 188  \n8 Conclusion 191  \nNotes 199  \nBibliography 205  \nIndex 223  \nAcknowledgements  \nThanks are due to friends who have read sections of the book at various stages: Iain Bailey, Tom Day, Andy Frayn, Jane Poyner, Will Smith, Jeremy Tambling and Anastasia Valassopoulos. 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