Post-colonial literatures in English : history, language, theory / Dennis Walder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walder, Dennis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Literature and society--Commonwealth countries--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Decolonization in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Black people in literature.

History.

Commonwealth countries.

Physical Description:

xii, 232 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631194916

0631194924

OCLC:

187488853