From the Reviews
"Meticulous and . . . wide-ranging enough to attract a broad readership. [A] must-read in the fields of literary theory and political science. He is positively renewing the field of globalization." Ana Isabel Carballal, Rocky Mountain Review Volume 65, Number 2, Fall 2011. (Read entire review here.)
"Global Matters provides a sound analysis of the transnational turn in literary studies. Further, it is a great tool for students and professors interested in transnationalism and looking for a text that combines theory and literary analysis." Danielle Lamb, Inquire: Journal of Comparative Literature, June 2011, Issue 1.2. (Read entire review here.)
"Global Matters is a highly engaging critical work that functions both as a survey of and an argument for the relationship between globalization theory and literary fiction. . . . Jay’s book is predicated on an ethical as well as transnational turn, for in stressing the importance of the continued inclusion of literatures of multiculturalism and plural identities, Global Matters can also be read as a polemical defence of the liberal humanities. . . . At such a time when many see the arts and humanities at a crisis point, it is reassuring to read such an informed argument for literary studies to continue expanding its horizons as a matter of social, as well as cultural, importance." Amy S. Rushton, Callaloo, Winter, 2012. (Read entire review here.)
"Jay’s careful recapitulation of the relevant scholarly debates about how best to historicize globalization, and whether to understand its logic and effects as primarily economic or cultural, acknowledges the necessity of these theoretical divergences for the development of rigorous analysis" and has "clear pedagogical value thanks to their lucid style and ability to synthesize divergent theoretical strands while offering a clear, forcefully argued position without the distraction of polemics." Miriam Novick, Ariel, Vol. 42, No. 22, 2011. (Read entire review here.)
"Meticulous and . . . wide-ranging enough to attract a broad readership. [A] must-read in the fields of literary theory and political science. He is positively renewing the field of globalization." Ana Isabel Carballal, Rocky Mountain Review Volume 65, Number 2, Fall 2011. (Read entire review here.)
"Global Matters provides a sound analysis of the transnational turn in literary studies. Further, it is a great tool for students and professors interested in transnationalism and looking for a text that combines theory and literary analysis." Danielle Lamb, Inquire: Journal of Comparative Literature, June 2011, Issue 1.2. (Read entire review here.)
"Global Matters is a highly engaging critical work that functions both as a survey of and an argument for the relationship between globalization theory and literary fiction. . . . Jay’s book is predicated on an ethical as well as transnational turn, for in stressing the importance of the continued inclusion of literatures of multiculturalism and plural identities, Global Matters can also be read as a polemical defence of the liberal humanities. . . . At such a time when many see the arts and humanities at a crisis point, it is reassuring to read such an informed argument for literary studies to continue expanding its horizons as a matter of social, as well as cultural, importance." Amy S. Rushton, Callaloo, Winter, 2012. (Read entire review here.)
"Jay’s careful recapitulation of the relevant scholarly debates about how best to historicize globalization, and whether to understand its logic and effects as primarily economic or cultural, acknowledges the necessity of these theoretical divergences for the development of rigorous analysis" and has "clear pedagogical value thanks to their lucid style and ability to synthesize divergent theoretical strands while offering a clear, forcefully argued position without the distraction of polemics." Miriam Novick, Ariel, Vol. 42, No. 22, 2011. (Read entire review here.)
