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The Arnold anthology of post-Colonial literatures in English / edited by John Thieme.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Arnold : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1996.Description: xxiv, 936 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0340646195
  • 9780340646199
  • 0340646209
  • 9780340646205
Other title:
  • Anthology of post-Colonial literatures in English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PR9085.T454.P678 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: General Introduction -- Section 1: Africa -- Section 2: Australia -- Section 3: Canada -- Section 4: Caribbean -- Section 5: New Zealand and South Pacific -- Section 6: South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan) -- Section 7: South East Asia -- Section 8: Trans-cultural writing -- Index.
Summary: The richness and diversity of post-colonial literatures is self-evident. They are widely read and studied, even in those countries where the dominance of the Anglo-American tradition was once unquestioned. Yet there is no single, readily available anthology, informed by contemporary thinking, that offers a wide-ranging introduction to the creative writing of post-colonial authors. This new anthology remedies the deficiency, offering access to the work of some 200 writers. It is the most comprehensive introductory cross-section of anglophone post-colonial writing yet available, striking a balance between acknowledged 'classic' texts and exciting new works that are taking post-colonial writing in fresh directions. The anthology makes available a very considerable body of work by major post-colonial writers and at the same time provides a valuable source book for the exploration of central post-colonial themes and theories.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 926-929) and indexes.

Machine derived contents note: General Introduction -- Section 1: Africa -- Section 2: Australia -- Section 3: Canada -- Section 4: Caribbean -- Section 5: New Zealand and South Pacific -- Section 6: South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan) -- Section 7: South East Asia -- Section 8: Trans-cultural writing -- Index.

The richness and diversity of post-colonial literatures is self-evident. They are widely read and studied, even in those countries where the dominance of the Anglo-American tradition was once unquestioned. Yet there is no single, readily available anthology, informed by contemporary thinking, that offers a wide-ranging introduction to the creative writing of post-colonial authors. This new anthology remedies the deficiency, offering access to the work of some 200 writers. It is the most comprehensive introductory cross-section of anglophone post-colonial writing yet available, striking a balance between acknowledged 'classic' texts and exciting new works that are taking post-colonial writing in fresh directions. The anthology makes available a very considerable body of work by major post-colonial writers and at the same time provides a valuable source book for the exploration of central post-colonial themes and theories.

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