Cosmopolitan Minds - 9781477307656

Cosmopolitan MindsLiterature, Emotion, and the Transnational Imagination\nAuthor(s): Alexa Weik von Mossner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477307656, 978-1477307656\nSynopsis\nDuring World War II and the early Cold War period, factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation, or class made a number of American writers feel marginalized in [url] society. Cosmopolitan Minds focuses on a core of transnational writers-Kay Boyle, Pearl S. Buck, William Gardner Smith, Richard Wright, and Paul Bowles-who found themselves prompted to seek experiences outside of their home country, experiences that profoundly changed their self-understanding and creative imagination as they encountered alternative points of views and cultural practices in Europe, Asia, and Africa.\n\nAlexa Weik von Mossner offers a new perspective on the affective underpinnings of critical and reflexive cosmopolitanism by drawing on the.