“Hitchcock offers a dense, deliberate, theoretically informed close reading of the work in question, one that aims to keep in place or enhance its complexity rather than to explain it away . . . This is a formidable work of postcolonial theory that deserves a close and careful read by anyone with an interest in transnational literature.”

Praise for “The Long Space” | Jonathan Naito, Comparative Literature Studies

“In the end, what Hitchcock offers his readers is a conjunction of both close and distant readings, scrutiny alongside scale. The Long Space is an impressive book at the extremes of both detailed textual analysis and complex theoretical abstraction.”

Praise for “The Long Space” | Critical and Cultural Theory

“Theoretically sophisticated and meticulously argued . . . This is a very innovative monograph that provides the type of theoretically inspired close reading of postcolonial literature that is often lacking in the field . . . It is an important work that will surely become a major point of reference for those keen to pursue the study of a postcolonial aesthetic.”

Praise for “The Long Space” | David Murphy, Modern Language Review

“Hitchcock’s book is an outstanding, provocative contribution to the fields of postcolonial literature, novel theory, and world literature. It is also one of those rare scholarly books in which the voice of the author, his passion, and his sense of humour, are on display . . . The project both describes and enacts a contradiction, which is a hallmark of the very finest scholarship.”

Praise for “The Long Space” | Cóilín Parsons, Reviews in Cultural Theory