The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures / Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashcroft, Bill, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Griffiths, Gareth, 1943-

Tiffin, Helen.

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.

Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

2nd edition

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial culture, and remains one of the most significant works published in this field.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Cutting the ground: critical models of post-colonial literatures; Re-placing language: textual strategies in post-colonial writing; Re-placing the text: the liberation of post-colonial writing; Theory at the crossroads: indigenous theory and post-colonial reading; Re-placing theory: post-colonial writing and literary theory; Re-thinking the post-colonial: post-colonialism in the twenty first century; Conclusion More english than English; Readers' guide; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version:

ISBN:

1-138-70707-4

1-85711-248-2

1-134-46504-1

0-415-28020-6

1-134-46505-X

1-280-07467-1

0-203-42608-8

9780203426081

OCLC:

130987358