New soundings in postcolonial writing : critical and creative contours : essays in honour of Bruce King / edited by Janet Wilson, Chris Ringrose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, Janet, 1948-

Ringrose, Chris.

Series:

Cross/cultures ; 189.

Cross/cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Physical Description:

xxiv, 296 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston: Brill Rodopi, [2016]

Summary:

New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing' is a collection of critical and creative writing in honour of the postcolonial critic, editor and anthologist Bruce King. There are essays on topics relating to Caribbean authors (Derek Walcott, Simone and Andre Schwarz-Bart); diaspora writers in England (Zadie Smith, Andrea Levy, Michael Ondaatje), South East Asian writing in English (Arun Kolatkar, recent Pakistani fiction, Anita Desai) and New Zealand, Canadian and Pacific writers (Albert Wendt, Patricia Grace, Bill Manhire, Joseph Boyden, Greg O'Brien). The creative writing section features new work by David Dabydeen, Fred D'Aguiar, Arvind Mehrotra, Jeet Thayil, Meena Alexander, Keki Daruwalla, Adil Jussawalla, Tabish Khair, Susan Visvanathan and others, reflecting King's pioneering work on Indian poetry in English, and his many friendships.

Contents:

Essays in Criticism

The Caribbean

A Perpetual Surprise: East Indians in the West Indies / J. Michael Dash Dash, J. Michael 5

The Present Absence of the Father in the Poetry of Derek Walcott / Robert D. Hamner Hamner, Robert D. 15

From "The Rivers of Babylon" to Un Plat de porc aux bananes vertes: Intricacies of the Postcolonial and Postwar Jewish Condition / Kathleen Gyssels Gyssels, Kathleen 35

The Rock: Island and Identity in Barbados / John T. Gilmore Gilmore, John T. 63

England

The Many Voices of Post-Colonial London: Language and Identity in Zadie Smith's White Teeth (2000) and Andrea Levy's Small Island (2004) / Bénédicte Ledent Ledent, Bénédicte 79

A Postcolonial Passage to England: Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table / Geetha Ganapathy-Doré Ganapathy-Doré, Geetha 95

South-East Asia

"A Message in a Bottle": On the Pleasures of Translating Arun Kolatkar into French / Laetitia Zecchini Zecchini, Laetitia 113

Jejuri-Bandra-Jejuri: Strolling with Kolatkar / Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna 129

Intertext, Architext, and Métissage: Anita Desai's Negotiation of Cultural Gaps / Marta Dvorák Dvorák, Marta 133

Pakistani English Novels in the New Millennium: Migration, Geopolitics, and Tribal Tales / Muneeza Shamsie Shamsie, Muneeza 149

New Zealand and the South Pacific

Fantasy, Myth, and the Pacific World: Albert Wendt's The Adventures of Vela / Jean-Pierre Durix Durix, Jean-Pierre 173

Read Instructions and Shake Carefully Before Use: Fragmented Wholes in Narratives by Bill Manhire and Gregory O'Brien / Gordon Colder Colder, Gordon 193

"The Biggest Adventure": Indigenous People and White Men's Wars / Geoffrey V. Davis Davis, Geoffrey V. 215

Creative Writing

Chinese Mothers / David Dabydeen Dabydeen, David 237

Cabral / Keki N. Daruwalla Daruwalla, Keki N. 242

Memoirs: for Bruce / Adil Jussawalla Jussawalla, Adil 245

The Book of Bruce / Jeet Thayil Thayil, Jeet 246

Fabulous Eyelids / Olive Senior Senior, Olive 249

For Bruce (& Adèle) / Fred D'Aguiar D'Aguiar, Fred 250

Past Dawn / Tabish Khair Khair, Tabish 252

Puppet's Life Ends on String / Anand Thakore Thakore, Anand 253

A Sheet Like Snow / Jane Bhandari Bhandari, Jane 255

Threshold / Manohar Shetty Shetty, Manohar 256

I Love You (From Mofussil Notebook) / Smita Agrawal Agrawal, Smita 257

Back / John Haynes Haynes, John 260

A Mute Biography / Kevin Ireland Ireland, Kevin 261

Wonder of the Age / Shanta Acharya Acharya, Shanta 262

Habits: Remnants / Karthika Nair Nair, Karthika 264

They Say, They Never Wrote / Alamgir Hashmi Hashmi, Alamgir 265

Conch / Susan Visvanathan Visvanathan, Susan 266.

ISBN:

9789004326415

9004326413

OCLC:

960461002