Postcolonial literatures
Subtitle: Achebe, Ngugi, Desai, Walcott
By: edited by Michael Parker and Roger Starkey.
Contributors: Parker, Michael, 1949-; Starkey, Roger.
Series: New casebooks
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Achebe, Chinua -- Criticism and interpretation; Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- -- Criticism and interpretation; Desai, Anita, 1937- -- Criticism and interpretation; Walcott, Derek -- Criticism and interpretation; Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism; Postcolonialism -- Commonwealth countries; Postcolonialism in literature; Nigeria -- In literature; Kenya -- In literature; India -- In literature; West Indies -- In literature
Description: This collection of essays reflects the intensified worldwide debate in literary theories, especially since 1968, and the growth of postcolonial literatures in English. Together they have prompted significant re-readings of cultural histories in Africa, India, and the Caribbean as well as in America and Europe.

Postcolonial Literatures scrutinises the work of four writers, Achebe, Ngugi, Desai and Walcott, and their attempts to find new languages and new narratives to engage with the complex histories of their 'homelands'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-281) and index.