Empire and poetic voice : cognitive and cultural studies of literary tradition and colonialism / / Patrick Colm Hogan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970407003321
• Autore: Hogan Patrick Colm
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004
• ISBN: 9780791485699; 0791485692; 9781417575770; 1417575778
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies
• Disciplina: 820.9/9171241
• Soggetti: Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism; English literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Postcolonialism - English-speaking countries; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Imperialism in literature; Colonies in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ideological Ambiguities of “Writing Back” -- Revising Indigenous Precursors, Reimagining Social Ideals -- Subaltern Myths Drawn from the Colonizer -- Preserving the Voice of Ancestors -- Outdoing the Colonizer -- Indigenous Tradition and the Individual Talent -- “We are All Africans” -- Notes -- Glossary of Selected Theoretical Concepts -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Empire and Poetic Voice Patrick Colm Hogan draws on a broad and detailed knowledge of Indian, African, and European literary cultures to explore the way colonized writers respond to the subtle and contradictory pressures of both metropolitan and indigenous traditions. He examines the work of two influential theorists of identity, Judith Butler and Homi Bhabha, and presents a revised evaluation of the important Nigerian critics, Chinweizu, Jemie, and Madubuike. In the ; process, he presents a novel theory of literary identity based equally on recent work in cognitive science and culture studies. This theory argues that literary and cultural traditions, like languages, are entirely personal and only appear to be a matter of groups due to our assertions of categorical identity, which are ultimately both false and dangerous.