Post-colonial literatures in English : history, language, theory

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Post-colonial literatures in English : history, language, theory

Dennis Walder

Blackwell Publishers, 1998

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Bibliography: p. [210]-219

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ISBN 9780631194910

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In this original and accessible introduction to post-colonial literatures in English, Dennis Walder guides the reader through the historical, linguistic, and theoretical issues that inform post-colonial literary study. He then goes on to provide three detailed case studies, focusing upon Indian fiction in English, Caribbean and Black British poetry, and contemporary South African literature. In a searching final chapter he considers, through a focus upon work by Ariel Dorfman, V. S. Naipaul and Michael Ondaatje, the questions of what might follow 'After Post-Colonialism'. Among the writers and theorists discussed are: Achebe, Brathwaite, Bhaba, Gordimer, Fanon, Freud, Henry Louis Gates Jr, C. L. R. James,Marx, Mhlophe, Miller, Narayan, Ngugi, Nichols, Said, Sahgal, Sartre, Spivak, Trivedi, and Walcott. The book provides a clear and provocative path through the texts and debates of a major and exciting new area of literary studies.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements.1. Introducing the Post-Colonial.Part I: Studying Post-Colonial Literatures:2. History.3. Language.4. Theory.Part II: Case Studies:5. Indo-Anglian Fiction.6. Caribbean and Black British Poetry.7. South African Literature in the Interregnum.8. After Post-Colonialism?Selected Bibliography.Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631194927

Description

In this original and accessible introduction to post-colonial literatures in English, Dennis Walder guides the reader through the historical, linguistic, and theoretical issues that inform post-colonial literary study.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introducing the Post-Colonial. Part I: Studying Post-Colonial Literatures: . 2. History. 3. Language. 4. Theory. Part II: Case Studies:. 5. Indo-Anglian Fiction. 6. Caribbean and Black British Poetry. 7. South African Literature in the Interregnum. 8. After Post-Colonialism?. Selected Bibliography. Index.

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