The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness [electronic resource] : Ghosts from Elsewhere /
Khair, T.author.
Starting with a re-examination of the role of the colonial/racial Other in mainstream Gothic (colonial) fiction, this book goes on to engage with the problem of narrating the 'subaltern' in the post-colonial context. It engages with the problems of representing 'difference' in lucid conceptual terms, with much attention to primary texts, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of colonial discourses as well as postcolonialist attempts to 'write back.' While providing rich readings of Conrad, Kipling, Melville, Emily Brontë, Erna Brodber, Jean Rhys and others, it offers new perspectives on Otherness, difference and identity, re-examines the role of emotions in literature, and suggests productive ways of engaging with contemporary global and postcolonial issues.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; Part II: The Gothic and Otherness; Part III: Postcolonialism and Otherness; Part IV: Conclusion; Summing Up; Notes; Main Texts Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Starting with a re-examination of the role of the colonial/racial Other in mainstream Gothic (colonial) fiction, this book goes on to engage with the problem of narrating the 'subaltern' in the post-colonial context. It engages with the problems of representing 'difference' in lucid conceptual terms, with much attention to primary texts, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of colonial discourses as well as postcolonialist attempts to 'write back.' While providing rich readings of Conrad, Kipling, Melville, Emily Brontë, Erna Brodber, Jean Rhys and others, it offers new perspectives on Otherness, difference and identity, re-examines the role of emotions in literature, and suggests productive ways of engaging with contemporary global and postcolonial issues.
Literature   .
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
History, Modern.
Fiction.
Asia—History.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Modern History.
Fiction.
Asian History.