Postcolonial narrative and the work of mourning : J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison / Sam Durrant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durrant, Sam, 1970-

Series:

SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric)--History--20th century.

Narration (Rhetoric).

African Americans in literature.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Apartheid in literature.

Slavery in literature.

Black people in literature.

Grief in literature.

South Africa--In literature.

South Africa.

Guyana--In literature.

Guyana.

Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Criticism and interpretation.

Coetzee, J. M.

Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019--Criticism and interpretation.

Morrison, Toni.

Harris, Wilson--Criticism and interpretation.

Harris, Wilson.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A cross-cultural analysis of the work of Coetzee, Harris and Morrison, demonstrating that the fundamental task of postcolonial narrative is the work of mourning.

Contents:

Intro

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

Contents

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: Specters of Colonialism

1. Speechless before Apartheid: J. M. Coetzee's Inconsolable Works of Mourning

2. Rites of Communion: Wilson Harris's Hosting of History

3. Keeping It in the Family: Passing on Racial Memory in the Novels of Toni Morrison

CONCLUSION: Some Kind of Community

Notes

Introduction. Specters of Colonialism

1. Speechless before Apartheid

2. Rites of Communion

3. Keeping It in the Family

Conclusion. Some Kind of Community

Works Cited

Index

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Notes:

Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Queen's University, Ontario.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-137) and index.

ISBN:

9780791485750

0791485757

9781423739326

1423739329

OCLC:

62757315