This groundbreaking study reshapes what Europe means-by whom, for whom, and in which voices. Grounding world literature in a rooted, relational multiplicity, it shows how post-national writers-multilingual, minor, and mobile––reimagine identity, community, and belonging on their own terms. A timely and necessary intervention into the future of European literatures and their global entanglements.

Nicoletta Pireddu, Georgetown University, USA

Written with clarity and verve, Post-National Worlds in Contemporary European Literature brings us closer to an actual Europe of today. By reading works in multiple languages from Finland, Spain, UK, the Netherlands, France and Germany, Jesse van Amelsvoort deftly explores ways of imagining community and agency beyond the nation, ethnicity and glib ideological notions of 'Europe'. Fully up-to-date theoretically, the book demonstrates in this way the fundamental significance of literature in creating modes of belonging in a changing world.

Stefan Helgesson, Stockholm University, Sweden