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This book is a concise and engaging analysis of contemporary literature viewed through the critical lens of cosmopolitan theory. It covers a wide spectrum of issues including globalisation, cosmopolitanism, nationhood, identity, philosophical nomadism, posthumanism, climate change, devolution and love.

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Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: QUEER FRONTIERS ´Cross That Bridge´: Journeying Through Zoe Strachan´s Negative Space ´Boundaries. Desire´: Philosophical Nomadism in The Powerbook and The Stone Gods PART II: COSMOPOLITAN CARTOGRAPHIES ´Fellow Humans´: Cosmopolitan Citizens in Nadeem Aslam´s Maps for Lost Lovers ´The Bridge to the stars´: Travelling Home in His Dark Materials PART III: TIME TRAVELLERS ´Around We Go´: Transpositional Life Cycles in David Mitchell´s Cloud Atlas ´Remember You Must Live. Remember You Most Love. Remember You Must Leave´: Passing Through Ali Smith´s Hotel World Conclusion Bibliography Index

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´This is a fresh and stimulating study which devolves contemporary British fiction in new and insightful directions.´ - Aaron Kelly, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK

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FIONA McCULLOCH Head of English at the University of Bradford, UK. Her publications include The Fictional Role of Childhood in Victorian and Early Twentieth-Century Children´s Literature (Edwin Mellen, 2004), and Children´s Literature in Context (Continuum, 2011). She is currently working on her fourth book, Mapping Scotland´s Future: Devolution and Citizenship in Contemporary Young-Adult and Children´s Fiction.

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