The Cambridge companion to the postcolonial novel / [edited by] Ato Quayson, University of Toronto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Quayson, Ato, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism in literature.

Fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to the Postcolonial Novel provides an engaging account of the postcolonial novel, from Joseph Conrad to Jean Rhys. Reflecting the development of postcolonial literary studies into a significant and intellectually vibrant field, this Companion explores genres and theoretical movements such as magical realism, crime fiction, ecocriticism, and gender and sexuality. Written by a host of leading scholars in the field, this book offers insight into the representative movements, cultural settings, and critical reception that define the postcolonial novel. Covering subjects from disability and diaspora to the sublime and the city, this Companion reveals the myriad traditions that have shaped the postcolonial literary landscape, and will serve as a valuable resource to students and established scholars alike.

Contents:

1. Introduction : changing contexts of the postcolonial novel / Ato Quayson

2. The colonial novel / Tim Watson

3. The postcolonial novel in the wake of 1989 / Debjani Ganguly

4. Magical/realist novels and "the politics of the possible" / Zoe Norridge

5. Nature, ecocriticism, and the postcolonial novel / Anthony Carrigan

6. Disability and the postcolonial novel / Clare Barker

7. Gender, sexuality, and the postcolonial novel / Evan Mwangi

8. The postcolonial novel and diaspora / Yoon Sun Lee

9. Itineraries of the sublime in the postcolonial novel / Philip Dickinson

10. The postcolonial crime novel / Stephen Knight

11. The gleam and the darkness : representations of the city in the postcolonial novel / Rashmi Varma

12. Space and the postcolonial novel / Robert Zacharias

13. Tragedy and the postcolonial novel / Ato Quayson.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Jan 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781316477427

1316477428

9781316478547

1316478548

9781316459287

1316459284

OCLC:

931676537