Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. The Western Canon
6. Shakespeare and Company 27
7. “Music to My Ears” 45
8. Strange Encounters 67
9. Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents 94
10. Postcolonial Language Variance
11. As the Word Turns 119
12. “The Greatest Trick Colonialism Plays” 139
13. Languages of History 161
14. Conclusion 180
15. Notes 193
16. Works Cited 199
17. Index 209