The gothic, postcolonialism and otherness : ghosts from elsewhere / / Tabish Khair

• Autore: Khair Tabish
• Pubblicazione: Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2009.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.08729
• Soggetto topico: Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English - History and criticism; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American - History and criticism; Postcolonialism in literature; Racism in literature; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; Part II: The Gothic and Otherness; Part III: Postcolonialism and Otherness; Part IV: Conclusion; Summing Up; Notes; Main Texts Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Starting with a re-examination of the role of the colonial/racial Other in mainstream Gothic (colonial) fiction, this book goes on to engage with the problem of narrating the 'subaltern' in the post-colonial context. It engages with the problems of representing 'difference' in lucid conceptual terms, with much attention to primary texts, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of colonial discourses as well as postcolonialist attempts to 'write back.' While providing rich readings of Conrad, Kipling, Melville, Emily Brontë, Erna Brodber, Jean Rhys and others, it offers new perspectives on Otherness, difference and identity, re-examines the role of emotions in literature, and suggests productive ways of engaging with contemporary global and postcolonial issues.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness
• ISBN: 1-282-74310-4; 9786612743108; 0-230-25104-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815117903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II