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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Catherine Lynette Innes |
ISBN: | 9780521833400 052183340X 9780521541015 0521541018 |
OCLC Number: | 164802957 |
Description: | ix, 295 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : situating the postcolonial -- Postcolonial issues in performance -- Alternative histories and writing back -- Authorizing the self : postcolonial autobiographical writing -- Situating the self : landscape and place -- Appropriating the word : language and voice -- Narrating the nation : form and genre -- Rewriting her story : nation and gender -- Rewriting the nation : acknowledging economic and cultural diversity -- Transnational and black British writing : colonizing in reverse -- Citizens of the world : reading postcolonial literature. |
Series Title: | Cambridge introductions to literature. |
Responsibility: | C.L. Innes. |
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Abstract:
Placing its emphasis on literary rather than theoretical texts, this book offers detailed discussion of many internationally renowned authors, including James Joyce, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, Les Murray and Derek Walcott. It also includes historical surveys of the main countries discussed, a glossary, and biographical notes on major authors.
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'... Prof. Innes's book, with clear language and comprehensive arguments from different perspectives, provides a valuable concise introduction for the students, lecturers and readers who are really interested in postcolonial literature.' Dr Alev Baysal, ManuScript Read more...
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