Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Title | Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene Benson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 1950 |
Release | 2004-11-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1134468482 |
" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English
Title | Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780415278850 |
Postcolonial Literatures in English
Title | Postcolonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Anke Bartels |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2019-04-27 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3476055981 |
The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.
Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English
Title | Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene Benson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1892 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Commonwealth literature (English) |
ISBN | 9780415278850 |
Routledge Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English
Title | Routledge Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene Benson |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Authors, Commonwealth |
ISBN |
Postcolonial Literatures in English
Title | Postcolonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Tobias Döring |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Colonies in literature |
ISBN | 9783129395592 |
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Title | Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene Benson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 2597 |
Release | 2004-11-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1134468474 |
Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. In three volumes, this Encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.