Postcolonial London
Subtitle: rewriting the metropolis
By: John McLeod.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: English literature -- England -- London -- History and criticism.; Authors, Commonwealth -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism.; Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London.; Postcolonialism -- England -- London.; Postcolonialism in literature.; London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; London (England) -- In literature.
Description: "John McLeod's study is essential reading for those interested in British or postcolonial literature, or in theorizations of the city and metropolitan culture."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Making a song and dance : Sam Selvon and Colin MacInnes; title: London, England : V.S. Naipaul, Doris Lessing, and Janet Frame; title: Living room : Buchi Emecheta, Joan Riley, and Grace Nichols; title: Babylon's burning : Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hanif Kureishi, and Salman Rushdie; title: Millennial currents : David Dabydeen, Fred D'Aguiar, and Bernardine Evaristo; title: Coda : 'no fenky-fenky road'.