Realism, Form and the Postcolonial Novel [electronic resource] /
Robinette, N.author.
Confronted with apartheid, dictatorship or the sheer scale of global economics, realism can no longer function with the certainties of the nineteenth century. Free Realist Style considers how the style of the realist novel changes as its epistemological horizons narrow.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Form of Emergence: George Lamming's The Emigrants; 2 Dionysius' Ear: Nuruddin Farah's Sweet and Sour Milk; 3 The Transparent State: Zoë Wicomb's You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Confronted with apartheid, dictatorship or the sheer scale of global economics, realism can no longer function with the certainties of the nineteenth century. Free Realist Style considers how the style of the realist novel changes as its epistemological horizons narrow.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature—History and criticism.
Literature   .
America—Literatures.
Poetry.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Literary History.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
North American Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.