Post-Colonial Theory and English Literature : A Reader

Peter Childs

ISBN 10: 0748610685 / ISBN 13: 9780748610686

Verlag: Edinburgh University Press Jun 1999, 1999

Beschreibung

Neuware - This book takes eight important literary texts and provides some of the most significant post-colonial readings of them published in the last fifteen years. Topics include cannibalism, slavery, the harem, missionary work, gender, nationalism and the Rushdie affair. The book offers theoretical approaches to specific texts including: Shakespeare's The Tempest; Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; BrontÎí's Jane Eyre; Kipling's Kim; Conrad's Heart of Darkness; Joyce's Ulysses; Forster's A Passage to India and Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780748610686

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Post-Colonial Theory and English Literature : A Reader
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press Jun 1999
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0748610685
• ISBN-13: 9780748610686
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

Unlike other readers, this book takes eight important literary texts and provides some of the most significant post-colonial readings of them published in the last fifteen years. Topics include cannibalism, slavery, the harem, missionary work, gender, nationalism and the Rushdie affair. The book offers practical examples of applying theoretical arguments to specific texts. Key features: * Provides three or four cutting edge essays on each of the following texts: Shakespeare's The Tempest; Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; Bronte's Jane Eyre; Kipling's Kim, Conrad's Heart of Darkness; Joyce's Ulysses; Forster's A Passage to India; Rushdie's The Satanic Verses

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Childs is Dean of Research and Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Gloucestershire where he teaches twentieth-century and post-colonial literature. He has published widely in the areas of modern writing, British culture and critical theory.