Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Title | Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene Benson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 1950 |
Release | 2004-11-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1134468482 |
" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English
Title | Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 558 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780415278850 |
Postcolonial Literatures in English
Title | Postcolonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Anke Bartels |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 202 |
Release | 2019-04-27 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3476055981 |
The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.
Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English
Title | Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene Benson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1892 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Commonwealth literature (English) |
ISBN | 9780415278850 |
Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies
Title | Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies PDF eBook |
Author | John Charles Hawley |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | 521 |
Release | 2001-09-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 031301664X |
The collapse of empires has resulted in a remarkable flourishing of indigenous cultures in former colonies. The end of the colonial era has also witnessed a renaissance of creativity in the postcolonial world as modern writers embrace their heritage. The experience of postcoloniality has also drawn the attention of academics from various disciplines and has given rise to a growing body of scholarship. This reference work overviews the present state of postcolonial studies and offers a refreshingly polyphonic treatment of the effects of globalization on literary studies in the 21st century. The volume includes more than 150 alphabetically arranged entries on postcolonial studies around the world. Entries on individual authors provide brief biographical details but primarily examine the author's handling of postcolonial themes. So too, entries on theoreticians offer background information and summarize the person's contributions to critical thought. Entries on national literatures explore the history of postcoloniality and the ways in which writers have broadly engaged their legacy, while those on important topics discuss the theoretical origin and current ramifications of key concepts in postcolonial studies. Cross-references and cited works for further reading are included, while a comprehensive bibliography concludes the volume.
Postcolonial Literatures in English
Title | Postcolonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Tobias Döring |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Colonies in literature |
ISBN | 9783129395592 |
The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Lazarus |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2004-07-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521534185 |
Offers a lucid introduction to postcolonial studies, one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies.