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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464565403321

Autore

Kuttainen Victoria

Titolo

Unsettling stories [[electronic resource] ] : settler postcolonialism and the short story composite / / by Victoria Kuttainen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-282-58523-1

9786612585234

1-4438-1812-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Disciplina

823.0109358

Soggetti

Postcolonialism in literature

Short stories, American - History and criticism

Short stories, Australian - History and criticism

Short stories, Canadian - History and criticism

Colonists 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

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The first study of the synergies between postcolonialism and the genre of the short story composite, Unsettling Stories considers how the form of the interconnected short story collection is well suited to expressing thematic aspects of postcolonial writing on settler terrain. Unique for its comparative considerations of American, Canadian, and Australian literature within the purview of postcolonial studies, this is also a considered study of the difficult place of the postcolonial settler ...