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European Fiction after Postmodernism

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Glocal Metamodernisms

European Fiction after Postmodernism

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This volume explores how the contemporary European novel reflects the tensions between local and global conceptualizations of Metamodernism.

Each chapter explicitly addresses metamodern novels' “glocality” in relation to international Metamodernism theory from a variety of perspectives including Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Spanish and Ukrainian. By bringing together insights into the manifestations of Metamodernism in such a variety of cultural contexts, this volume furthers our understanding of the concept of Metamodernism and contextualizes the enduring influence of the legacies of Modernism and Postmodernism in European literature

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Invisibility of Dutch Metamodernism
Anna Krýsová (Leiden University, Netherlands)
2. Glocal Metamodernism and the Contemporary British Novel
Dennis Kersten and Usha Wilbers (Radboud University, Netherlands)
3. Metamodernism in Finnish Fiction
Mika Hallila (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Kasimir Sandbacka (University of Oulu. Finland)
4. Blue-white-red Metamodernism, or the Cultural Logic of the French Post-postmodern Novel
Maxime Batiot (University of Waterloo, Canada)
5. A Bending History: Metamodernism and Contemporary Italian Novel
Fabio Vittorini (IULM University of Milan, Italy)
6. Metamodernism in Spanish Fiction: The Politicization of Intimacy and Literature after 15-M
Paula Romero Polo (Charles III University of Madrid, Spain)
7. Human Bonds, Inhuman Experiences and Healing of Traumas: Ukrainian Literary Metamodernism in the Context of the Ongoing War
Tetiana Grebeniuk (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena, Germany)

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 11 Jun 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 208
ISBN 9798216276289
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Series Studies in Metamodernism: Theory and Criticism across the Disciplines
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Dennis Kersten

Anthology Editor

Paula Romero Polo

Anthology Editor

Usha Wilbers

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