Postcolonial Literature
Published on 25. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-230-50674-9 (ISBN)
Description
This Guide analyses the criticism of English-language literature from the major regions of the postcolonial world. Criticism on works by writers such as Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie, is discussed to illustrate the themes and concepts essential to an understanding of postcolonial literature and the development of criticism in the field
Reviews / Votes
'A pedagogically useful, critically responsible, and lucid guide to postcolonial literary studies.' - Aparajita Sagar, Purdue University, USA. 'Valuable secondary reading for courses on postcolonialism or world literature.' - Michael Chapman, Current WritingMore details
Series
Edition
2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-50674-9 (9780230506749)
DOI
10.1057/9781137021502
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Justin D. Edwards
Postcolonial Literature
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06/2008
Red Globe Press
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Person
JUSTN EDWARDS is currently Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and Professor of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century English Literature at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has published widely on Canadian and American literature and travel writing.
Content
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Postcoloniality.- Difference.- Language.- Orality.- Rewriting.- Violence.- Travel.- Maps.- Gender.- Queer.- Haunting.- Memory.- Hybridity.- Diaspora.- Globalization.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.