The Postcolonial Historical Novel [[electronic resource] ] : Realism, Allegory, and the Representation of Contested Pasts / / by H. Dalley |
Autore | Dalley H |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/81 |
Soggetto topico |
African literature
Literature Fiction Oriental literature African Literature Postcolonial/World Literature Asian Literature |
ISBN |
1-349-49693-6
1-137-45009-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Part I: Epistemologies of Historical Realism; 1 The Contemporary Postcolonial Historical Novel: Beyond Anti-Realism; 2 Allegorical Realism: Toward a Poetics of the Postcolonial Historical Novel; Part II: Allegories of Settlement; 3 Typification and Frontier Violence: Kate Grenville's The Secret River; 4 The Gender of Settler Realism: Fiona Kidman's The Captive Wife; Part III: Narrating Transnational Histories; 5 Deterritorialising Allegorical Realism: Witi Ihimaera's The Trowenna Sea
6 Aesthetics of Absent Causality: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow SunPart IV: Melancholy Realisms; 7 Spectres of Civil War Trauma: Chris Abani's Song for Night; 8 Metafictional Realism and the Dialectic of Allegory: Richard Flanagan's Gould's Book of Fish; 9 Conclusion: the Historical Novel, from Postcolonial Reconciliation to Environmental Crisis; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787819503321 |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Postcolonial Historical Novel : Realism, Allegory, and the Representation of Contested Pasts / / by H. Dalley |
Autore | Dalley H |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/81 |
Soggetto topico |
African literature
Literature Fiction Oriental literature African Literature Postcolonial/World Literature Asian Literature |
ISBN |
1-349-49693-6
1-137-45009-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Part I: Epistemologies of Historical Realism; 1 The Contemporary Postcolonial Historical Novel: Beyond Anti-Realism; 2 Allegorical Realism: Toward a Poetics of the Postcolonial Historical Novel; Part II: Allegories of Settlement; 3 Typification and Frontier Violence: Kate Grenville's The Secret River; 4 The Gender of Settler Realism: Fiona Kidman's The Captive Wife; Part III: Narrating Transnational Histories; 5 Deterritorialising Allegorical Realism: Witi Ihimaera's The Trowenna Sea
6 Aesthetics of Absent Causality: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow SunPart IV: Melancholy Realisms; 7 Spectres of Civil War Trauma: Chris Abani's Song for Night; 8 Metafictional Realism and the Dialectic of Allegory: Richard Flanagan's Gould's Book of Fish; 9 Conclusion: the Historical Novel, from Postcolonial Reconciliation to Environmental Crisis; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815546503321 |
Dalley H
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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