Postcolonial Literature (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)

Postcolonial Literature (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)

by Justin D. Edwards (Author), Nicolas Tredell (Editor)

Synopsis

This Guide analyses the criticism of English-language literature from the major regions of the postcolonial world. Criticism on works by writers such as Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie, is discussed to illustrate the themes and concepts essential to an understanding of postcolonial literature and the development of criticism in the field

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 218
Edition: 2008
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 25 Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 0230506747
ISBN 13: 9780230506749
Book Overview: 'A pedagogically useful, critically responsible, and lucid guide to postcolonial literary studies.' - Aparajita Sagar, Purdue University, USA. 'Valuable secondary reading for courses on postcolonialism or world literature.' - Michael Chapman, Current Writing

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'A pedagogically useful, critically responsible, and lucid guide to postcolonial literary studies.' - Aparajita Sagar, Purdue University, USA. 'Valuable secondary reading for courses on postcolonialism or world literature.' - Michael Chapman, Current Writing
Author Bio
JUSTN EDWARDS is currently Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and Professor of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century English Literature at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has published widely on Canadian and American literature and travel writing.