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Postcolonial literature from three continents : Tutuola, H.D., Ellison, and White / Judith L. Tabron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tabron, Judith L. (Judith Lynne), 1968-
- Series:
- Comparative cultures and literatures ; vol. 15.
- Comparative cultures and literatures ; vol. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Tutuola, Amos. Palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-sine tapster in the Dead's town.
- Tutuola, Amos.
- H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961 (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961. Helen in Egypt.
- H. D.
- Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries.
- Postcolonialism.
- English-speaking countries.
- Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man.
- Ellison, Ralph.
- White, Patrick, 1912-1990. Voss.
- White, Patrick.
- Decolonization in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2003]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Complexity and the Study of Postcolonial Literature 1
- I Structure 1
- II Contextualization and relativism 11
- III Oscillation 26
- Chapter 2 Tutuola, Language and The Palm-Wine Drinkard 35
- I Interleaving identity 35
- II Authenticity and Africanness 43
- III The language 53
- IV Authentic literature 60
- V The guerrilla romance 66
- VI The historical moment 70
- Chapter 3 H.D., Memory, and Helen in Egypt 85
- I The fractal shape of memory and H.D.'s American identity 85
- II The tale of a hieroglyph 105
- III Is it postcolonial? 115
- Chapter 4 Ellison, Technology, and Invisible Man 127
- I The modern, technological joke 127
- II The manhood problem 139
- III These are not the droids you're looking for 158
- Chapter 5 White, Geography, and Voss 169
- I "To map the contours of the spirit": the proliferation of binary divisions in the self 169
- II Historical considerations 174
- III The parodic descendent 177
- IV Laura as other/not other 183
- V Jackie as other/not other 193
- VI Landing yourself 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0820452386
- OCLC:
- 47013248
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