Post-colonial theory and English literature : a reader / edited and with an introduction by Peter Childs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Childs, Peter, Author.

Contributor:

Childs, Peter, 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English literature.

Literature and history--English-speaking countries.

Literature and history.

Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries.

Postcolonialism.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 445 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Unlike other readers, this book takes eight important literary texts and provides some of the most significant post-colonial readings of them published in the last fifteen years. Topics include cannibalism, slavery, the harem, missionary work, gender, nationalism and the Rushdie affair. The book offers practical examples of applying theoretical arguments to specific texts.Key Features Provides three or four cutting edge essays on each of the following texts: Shakespeare's The Tempest; Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; Bronte's Jane Eyre; Kipling's Kim, Conrad's Heart of Darkness; Joyce's Ulysses; Forster's A Passage to India; Rushdie's The Satanic Verses

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Colonial History, National Identity and 'English' Literature

1. William Shakespeare: The Tempest

2. Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe

3. Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre

4. Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness

5. Rudyard Kipling: Kim

6. James Joyce: Ulysses

7. E. M. Forster: A Passage to India

COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6570-6