Postcolonial literature / Justin D. Edwards ; consultant editor: Nicolas Tredell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Justin D., 1970-

Contributor:

Tredell, Nicolas.

Series:

Readers' guides to essential criticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries.

Postcolonialism.

Literature and society.

History.

English-speaking countries.

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

Postcolonialism in literature.

Decolonization in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Commonwealth countries.

Physical Description:

xii, 204 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

What is 'postcolonial literature' and what is its appeal? What is the purpose of writing literature about the aftermath of colonization and the independence of colonial nations? This Guide presents new access routes into the key questions and debates surrounding the genre and offers innovative ways of thinking critically about postcolonial literature. Justin D. Edwards: analyses the criticism surrounding English-language literature from the major regions and countries of the postcolonial world, such as South Africa, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Sri Lanka, includes a discussion of native American writing and African American literature, as well as of Irish and Scottish liberationist texts, examines criticism on works by key writers, such as Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie and Jamaica Kincaid, explores the themes, concepts and theoretical approaches that are vital to an understanding of postcolonial literature and the development of criticism of the genre. Lucid and stimulating, this is an invaluable introduction to one of the most exciting, and fastest growing, fields in contemporary English literary studies.

Contents:

Outlines the Guide's structure and approach and provides key historical contexts

Chapter 1 Postcoloniality 9

Chapter 2 Difference 17

Chapter 3 Language 28

Chapter 4 Orality 40

Chapter 5 Rewriting 51

Chapter 6 Violence 62

Chapter 7 Travel 74

Chapter 9 Gender 96

Chapter 10 Queer 107

Chapter 11 Haunting 118

Chapter 12 Memory 129

Chapter 13 Hybridity 139

Chapter 14 Diaspora 150

Chapter 15 Globalization 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-197) and index.

ISBN:

9780230506732

0230506739

9780230506749

0230506747

OCLC:

214306150