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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817809703321

Autore

Gunning Dave

Titolo

Postcolonial Literature

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-7486-8980-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature

Disciplina

820.9358

Soggetti

Multiculturalism in literature

Postcolonialism in literature

Postcolonialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Imprint""; ""Contents""; ""Series Preface""; ""Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Finding a Voice""; ""2 The Need to Belong""; ""3 Coming of Age, Coming into Difference""; ""4 Communities, Values, Transgressions""; ""5 War Zones""; ""6 Challenging Histories""; ""Conclusion""; ""Student Resources""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Introduces an array of fiction and poetry, examining how writers from Africa, Australasia, the Caribbean, Canada, Ireland, and South Asia have engaged with the challenges that beset postcolonial societies. Discusses many of the most-studied works of postcolonial literature, from Disgrace, through Things Fall Apart to White Teeth.