1st Edition

The Global Anglophone

Edited By Anjuli I. Gunaratne, Jeffrey Lawrence Copyright 2026
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

This book addresses the rise of the concept of the "Global Anglophone” in contemporary literary studies, both as an intellectual category and as a field designation. Moving beyond traditional postcolonial frameworks, it investigates how this emerging paradigm is reshaping our understanding of modern English-language literature across geographical boundaries. Distinguished scholars from diverse... Read more

Introductions

The Rise of Global Anglophone

Anjuli I. Gunaratne

 

The Global Anglophone: An Institutional Argument

Jeffrey Lawrence

 

1. Angloglobalism, Multilingualism and World Literature

Debjani Ganguly

 

2. Aspirations of Relationality: Asian American Studies, American Studies, East Asian Studies, and the Global Anglophone

Daniel Y. Kim

 

3. Loose Canons: The Global Anglophone Novel and the Failures of Universalism

Nasia Anam

 

4. Area Studies: From “Global Anglophone” to Afropolitan Literature

Amatoritsero Ede

 

5. Just Add Global

Michaela Bronstein

 

6. Of Global Anglophone: A Response

Simon Gikandi

 

Biography

Anjuli I. Gunaratne is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Hong Kong.


Jeffrey Lawrence is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, where he teaches modern US and Latin American Literature. He is the author of Anxieties of Experience: The Literatures of the Americas from Whitman to Bolaño (2018).