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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791033303321

Autore

Robinette N

Titolo

Realism, Form and the Postcolonial Novel [[electronic resource] /] / by N. Robinette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2014

ISBN

1-349-49833-5

1-137-45132-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Collana

Palgrave pivot Realism, form and the postcolonial novel

Disciplina

809.912

Soggetti

Literature—Philosophy

Culture—Study and teaching

Literature—History and criticism

Literature   

America—Literatures

Poetry

Literary Theory

Cultural Theory

Literary History

Postcolonial/World Literature

North American Literature

Poetry and Poetics

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

Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Form of Emergence: George Lamming's The Emigrants; 2 Dionysius' Ear: Nuruddin Farah's Sweet and Sour Milk; 3 The Transparent State: Zoë Wicomb's You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Confronted with apartheid, dictatorship or the sheer scale of global economics, realism can no longer function with the certainties of the nineteenth century. Free Realist Style considers how the style of the realist novel changes as its epistemological horizons narrow.