Postcolonial literatures : Achebe, Ngugi, Desai, Walcott / edited by Michael Parker and Roger Starkey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, Michael, 1949-

Starkey, Roger

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

New casebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walcott, Derek.

Desai, Anita, 1937-.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-2025.

Achebe, Chinua.

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.

Postcolonialism.

Criticism and interpretation.

Commonwealth countries.

Decolonization in literature.

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-2025--Criticism and interpretation.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo.

Desai, Anita, 1937---Criticism and interpretation.

Desai, Anita.

Walcott, Derek--Criticism and interpretation.

Nigeria--In literature.

Nigeria.

Kenya--In literature.

Kenya.

India--In literature.

India.

West Indies--In literature.

West Indies.

Physical Description:

ix, 288 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Summary:

This collection of essays reflects the intensified worldwide debate in literary theories, especially since 1968, and the growth of postcolonial literatures in English. Together they have prompted significant re-readings of cultural histories in Africa, India, and the Caribbean as well as in America and Europe. Postcolonial Literatures scrutinises the work of four writers, Achebe, Ngugi, Desai and Walcott, and their attempts to find new languages and new narratives to engage with the complex histories of their 'homelands'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0312126646

OCLC:

32131405