Cultural translation and postcolonial poetry / Ashok Bery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bery, Ashok, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth poetry (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth poetry (English).

Postcolonialism in literature.

Language and culture--Commonwealth countries.

Language and culture.

Literature--Cross-cultural studies.

Literature.

Poetry--Translations into English.

Poetry.

Commonwealth countries.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 221 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This is a major new comparative study of six significant modern poets from the Anglophone postcolonial world: Louis MacNeice, Seamus Heaney, A. K. Ramanujan, Les Murray, Judith Wright and Derek Walcott. It looks at the way in which cultural conflicts in Ireland, India, Australia and the Caribbean are explored in the work of these poets, and moves the discussion of postcolonial poetry forward by applying transnational perspectives to the subject while situating the work of these poets in specific national and cultural contexts. Written in an accessible and approachable style, it will be of interest not only to specialists in postcolonial literatures, but also to readers of modern and contemporary poetry more generally.

Contents:

Cultural translation

Songlines : Judith Wright and belonging

Fusion and translation : Les Murray's Australia

Louis MacNeice, Ireland and India

Seamus Heaney's acoustics

Indian palimpsests : the poetry of A.K. Ramanujan

Fragmentation and restoration in Derek Walcott's Omeros

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-215) and index.

ISBN:

1403933103

9781403933102

OCLC:

182621489

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