1st Edition
The Bildungsroman Re-birth, Travels, and Conversations Across the Mediterranean, Irish, and Red Seas
By Leen Bou Nassereddine
Copyright 2026
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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The book The Bildungsroman: Re-birth, Travels, and Conversations Across the Mediterranean, Irish, and Red Seas aims to explore the history and evolution of the bildungsroman genre by moving beyond its traditional Eurocentric foundations, often associated with Goethe as the archetype of the genre. Goethe’s novel is commonly used as the reference point for West-East, East-West frameworks in the... Read more
Acknowledgements Overview Introduction 1. The Bildungsroman in Global Perspective 2. The Bildungsroman in Motion 3. The Bildungsroman in Constellation Conclusion
Biography
Leen Bou Nassereddine is a PhD candidate in English literature at the University of York, UK. Her research explores literature from the Global South through the frameworks of world literature, postcolonial studies, and gender theory, with particular attention to the transformation of the Bildungsroman across cultural and historical contexts. She is also a full-time lecturer in English at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai.
