Empire and poetic voice : cognitive and cultural studies of literary tradition and colonialism / Patrick Colm Hogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogan, Patrick Colm.

Series:

SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies

SUNY series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries.

Postcolonialism.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Imperialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Empire and Poetic Voice Patrick Colm Hogan draws on a broad and detailed knowledge of Indian, African, and European literary cultures to explore the way colonized writers respond to the subtle and contradictory pressures of both metropolitan and indigenous traditions. He examines the work of two influential theorists of identity, Judith Butler and Homi Bhabha, and presents a revised evaluation of the important Nigerian critics, Chinweizu, Jemie, and Madubuike. In the process, he presents a novel theory of literary identity based equally on recent work in cognitive science and culture studies. This theory argues that literary and cultural traditions, like languages, are entirely personal and only appear to be a matter of groups due to our assertions of categorical identity, which are ultimately both false and dangerous.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Ideological Ambiguities of “Writing Back”

Revising Indigenous Precursors, Reimagining Social Ideals

Subaltern Myths Drawn from the Colonizer

Preserving the Voice of Ancestors

Outdoing the Colonizer

Indigenous Tradition and the Individual Talent

“We are All Africans”

Notes

Glossary of Selected Theoretical Concepts

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-273) and index.

ISBN:

9780791485699

0791485692

9781417575770

1417575778

OCLC:

62734612