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The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness: Ghosts from Elsewhere
T. Khair
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Description for The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness: Ghosts from Elsewhere
Paperback. A lucid intervention in current debates about identity and difference, this book uses the concept of Otherness to look again at both Gothic fiction and Postcolonialism. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Starting with a re-examination of the role of the colonial/racial Other in mainstream Gothic (colonial) fiction, this book goes on to engage with the problem of narrating the 'subaltern' in the post-colonial context. It engages with the problems of representing 'difference' in lucid conceptual terms, with much attention to primary texts, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of colonial discourses as well as postcolonialist attempts to 'write back.' While providing rich readings of Conrad, Kipling, Melville, Emily Brontë, Erna Brodber, Jean Rhys and others, it offers new perspectives on Otherness, difference and identity, re-examines the role of emotions in literature, ... Read more
Starting with a re-examination of the role of the colonial/racial Other in mainstream Gothic (colonial) fiction, this book goes on to engage with the problem of narrating the 'subaltern' in the post-colonial context. It engages with the problems of representing 'difference' in lucid conceptual terms, with much attention to primary texts, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of colonial discourses as well as postcolonialist attempts to 'write back.' While providing rich readings of Conrad, Kipling, Melville, Emily Brontë, Erna Brodber, Jean Rhys and others, it offers new perspectives on Otherness, difference and identity, re-examines the role of emotions in literature, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137547729
SKU
V9781137547729
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99-15
About T. Khair
Tabish Khair is Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. A novelist, poet, journalist and scholar, he was born and educated in India. His novels and poems have won various awards, and his critical studies have marked crucial interventions in Indian English literature, postcolonialism, Gothic fiction, and the study of xenophobia.
Reviews for The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness: Ghosts from Elsewhere
"This is a very important book. But, before I attempt to describe some of this importance, I should also register that it is a joy to read: it is eloquent in ways which constantly surprise, yet should not, since its author is, as well as a critic, a poet and writer of fiction. The writing here is adventurous yet lucid, ... Read more