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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450934103321

Autore

Ashcroft Bill <1946-, >

Titolo

The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures / / Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

9780203426081

113446505X

1280074671

0203426088

Edizione

[2nd edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages)

Disciplina

820.9/9171241

Soggetti

Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Postcolonialism - English-speaking countries

Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries

Postcolonialism in literature

Colonies in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Cutting the ground: critical models of post-colonial literatures; Re-placing language: textual strategies in post-colonial writing; Re-placing the text: the liberation of post-colonial writing; Theory at the crossroads: indigenous theory and post-colonial reading; Re-placing theory: post-colonial writing and literary theory; Re-thinking the post-colonial: post-colonialism in the twenty first century; Conclusion More english than English; Readers' guide; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial culture, and remains one of the most significant works published in



this field.