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Realism, Form and the Postcolonial Novel / by N. Robinette.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinette, N., Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave pivot Realism, form and the postcolonial novel
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- America--Literatures.
- America.
- Poetry.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Literary History.
- World Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Poetry and Poetics.
- Local Subjects:
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Literary History.
- World Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Poetry and Poetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (88 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Confronted with apartheid, dictatorship or the sheer scale of global economics, realism can no longer function with the certainties of the nineteenth century. Free Realist Style considers how the style of the realist novel changes as its epistemological horizons narrow.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Form of Emergence: George Lamming's The Emigrants; 2 Dionysius' Ear: Nuruddin Farah's Sweet and Sour Milk; 3 The Transparent State: Zoë Wicomb's You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349498338
- 1349498335
- 9781137451323
- 1137451327
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