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

• Autore: Robinette N
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2014.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (88 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.912
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Realism, Form and the Postcolonial Novel
• ISBN: 1-349-49833-5; 1-137-45132-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791033303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II