Author : Prem Poddar
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 847 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0748650970
The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, G
Author : Poddar Prem Poddar
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 32,68 MB
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : 1474471714
This is the first reference guide to the political, cultural and economic histories that form the subject-matter of postcolonial literatures written in English.The focus of the Companion is principally on the histories of postcolonial literatures in the Anglophone world - Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the Pacific, the Caribbean and Canada. There are also long entries discussing the literatures and histories of those further areas that have also claimed the title 'postcolonial', notably Britain, East Asia, Ireland, Latin America and the United States. The Companion contains:*220 entries written by 150 acknowledged scholars of postcolonial history and literature;*covers major events, ideas, movements, and figures in postcolonial histories*long regional survey essays on historiography and women's histories. Each entry provides a summary of the historical event or topic and bibliographies of postcolonial literary works and histories. Extensive cross-references and indexes enable readers to locate particular literary texts in their relevant historical contexts, as well as to discover related literary texts and histories in other regions with ease.
Author : Neil Lazarus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521534185
Offers a lucid introduction to postcolonial studies, one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies.
Author : Henry Schwarz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0470998334
This volume examines the tumultuous changes that have occurred and are still occurring in the aftermath of European colonization of the globe from 1492 to 1947. Ranges widely over the major themes, regions, theories and practices of postcolonial study Presents original essays by the leading proponents of postcolonial study in the Americas, Europe, India, Africa, East and West Asia Provides clear introductions to the major social and political movements underlying colonization and decolonization, accessible histories of the literature and culture, and separate regions affected by European colonization Features introductory essays on the major thinkers and intellectual schools that have informed strategies of national liberation worldwide Offers an incisive summary of the long history and theory of modern European colonization in local detail and global scale
Author : Graham MacPhee
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 14,65 MB
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857453335
The growing debate over British national identity, and the place of "Englishness" within it, raises crucial questions about multiculturalism, postimperial culture and identity, and the past and future histories of globalization. However, discussions of Englishness have too often been limited by insular conceptions of national literature, culture, and history, which serve to erase or marginalize the colonial and postcolonial locations in which British national identity has been articulated. This volume breaks new ground by drawing together a range of disciplinary approaches in order to resituate the relationship between British national identity and Englishness within a global framework. Ranging from the literature and history of empire to analyses of contemporary culture, postcolonial writing, political rhetoric, and postimperial memory after 9/11, this collection demonstrates that far from being parochial or self-involved, the question of Englishness offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity in our postcolonial and globalized world.
Author : Shirley Chew
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118836006
Taking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to the present day, this concise companion is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of postcolonial literature and culture. An indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of Postcolonialism, bringing together 10 original essays from leading international scholars including C. L. Innes and Susan Bassnett Explains the ideas and practises that emerged from the dismantling of European empires Explores the ways in which these ideas and practices influenced the period's keynote concerns, such as race, culture, and identity; literary and cultural translations; and the politics of resistance Chapters cover the fields of identity studies, orality and literacy, nationalisms, feminism, anthropology and cultural criticism, the politics of rewriting, new geographies, publishing and marketing, translation studies. Features a useful Chronology of the period, thorough general bibliography, and guides to further reading
Author : Graham MacPhee
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845453206
Ranging from analyses of contemporary culture, postcolonial writing, political rhetoric and postimperial memory after 9/11, this collection demonstrates that far from being parochial and self-involved, the question of Englishness offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity.
Author : Jahan Ramazani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107090717
This Companion is the first to explore postcolonial poetry through regional, historical, political, formal, textual and gender approaches.
Author : C. L. Innes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2007-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521833400
The past century has witnessed the extraordinary flowering of fiction, poetry and drama from countries previously colonised by Britain, an output which has changed the map of English literature. This introduction, from a leading figure in the field, explores a wide range of Anglophone post-colonial writing from Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, India, Ireland and Britain. Lyn Innes compares the ways in which authors shape communal identities and interrogate the values and representations of peoples in newly independent nations. 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. Lyn Innes provides a rich and subtle guide to a vast array of authors and texts from a wide range of sites.
Author : Ato Quayson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107132819
This Companion provides an engaging account of the postcolonial novel, from Joseph Conrad to Jean Rhys. Covering subjects from disability and diaspora to the sublime and the city, this Companion reveals the myriad traditions that have shaped the postcolonial literary landscape.
