Postcolonial literature
by
Edwards, Justin D., 1970-
Title
:
Postcolonial literature
Author
:
Edwards, Justin D., 1970-
ISBN
:
9780230506749
9780230506732
Personal Author
:
Edwards, Justin D., 1970-
Publication Information
:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008.
Physical Description
:
xii, 204 p. ; 22 cm.
Series
:
Readers' guides to essential criticism
Series Title
:
Readers' guides to essential criticism
Contents
:
Ch. 1. Postcoloniality -- Ch. 2. Difference -- Ch. 3. Language -- Ch. 4. Orality -- Ch. 5. Rewriting -- Ch. 6. Violence -- Ch. 7. Travel -- Ch. 8. Maps -- Ch. 9. Gender -- Ch. 10. Queer -- Ch. 11. Haunting -- Ch. 12. Memory -- Ch. 13. Hybridity -- Ch. 14. Diaspora -- Ch. 15. Globalization.
Abstract
:
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Postcolonialism in literature.
English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Added Author
:
Tredell, Nicolas.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025488202 | 820.9358 E26P 2008 | 1 |