The Anglophone Novella in Global Perspective

The goal of this collection is to contribute to a more comprehensive and multifaceted understanding of what is one of the most elusive literary forms: the novella. Bringing together scholars from a range of linguistic and period specialisms, this volume seeks to re-evaluate a rich but neglected tradition and to contextualise it from a global perspective. The collection draws on the expertise of scholars from eight countries, whose thirteen original contributions cover the work of Anglophone authors from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, and applies intermedial, comparativist, and literary historical approaches. While documenting the vibrancy and global proliferation of mid-length fiction, the chapters also illustrate how novellas interact across formal and linguistic boundaries, suggesting its contribution and pertinence to world literature.