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Postcolonial Literature
Dave Gunning
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Description for Postcolonial Literature
Paperback. This Guide addresses the key concerns of postcolonial literary criticism in the twenty-first century. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
This Guide addresses the key concerns of postcolonial literary criticism in the twenty-first century. The focus is on the development of effective comparative readings of postcolonial writing drawn from a wide range of locations. Examples of literature from Africa, Australasia, Canada, the Caribbean, Ireland and South Asia are all explored in an account that attempts not to minimise the contrasts between traditions, but rather to stimulate a productive sense of cross-cultural analysis. Established and emerging literary figures are examined alongside one another in a series of thematic chapters that cover such issues as the challenges of the English language, the ... Read more
This Guide addresses the key concerns of postcolonial literary criticism in the twenty-first century. The focus is on the development of effective comparative readings of postcolonial writing drawn from a wide range of locations. Examples of literature from Africa, Australasia, Canada, the Caribbean, Ireland and South Asia are all explored in an account that attempts not to minimise the contrasts between traditions, but rather to stimulate a productive sense of cross-cultural analysis. Established and emerging literary figures are examined alongside one another in a series of thematic chapters that cover such issues as the challenges of the English language, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature
Condition
New
Weight
305g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748639397
SKU
V9780748639397
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About Dave Gunning
Dave Gunning is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Race and Antiracism in Black British and British Asian Literature (Liverpool University Press, forthcoming)
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