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Colonial and Postcolonial Literature

Colonial and Postcolonial Literature Migrant Metaphors

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Publisher's Synopsis

Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the leading critical overview of and historical introduction to colonial and postcolonial literary studies. Highly praised from the time of its first publication for its lucidity, breadth, and insight, the book has itself played a crucial part in founding and shaping this rapidly expanding field. The author, an internationally renowned postcolonial critic, provides a broad contextualizing narrative about the evolution of colonial and postcolonial writing in English. Illuminating close readings of texts by a wide variety of writers - from Kipling and Conrad through to Kincaid, from Ngugi to Noonuccal and Naipaul - explicate key theoretical terms such as 'subaltern', 'colonial resistance', 'writing back', and 'hybridity'. This revised edition includes new critiques of postcolonial women's writing, an expanded and fully annotated bibliography, and a new chapter and conclusion on postcolonialism exploring keynote debates in the field relating to sexuality, transnationalism, and local resistance.

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Oxford University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780199253715
Publisher: OUP OXFORD
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 820.99171241
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 351
Weight: 464g
Height: 238mm
Width: 141mm
Spine width: 20mm