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.


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