New national and post-colonial literatures
Subtitle: an introduction
By: edited by Bruce King.
Contributors: King, Bruce Alvin.
Edition: Clarendon pbk. [ed.]
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press UK; OUP Oxford
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Indigenous peoples in literature; Decolonization in literature; Nationalism in literature; Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) -- Histoire et critique; Littérature anglaise -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique; Commonwealth countries -- In literature; Developing countries -- In literature; Commonwealth countries -- In literature; Developing countries -- In literature
Description: New National and Post-Colonial Literatures provides a comparative and up-to-date introduction to colonial, new national, and post-colonial literatures, and related criticism. While free of jargon and intended as an introduction to those new to the subject, the collection of original essays contributes to the ongoing discussion about the new literatures, and will also interest the specialist. Many of the contributors are acknowledged leaders in their fields.

Besides examining the main concerns, opinions, and theories that have shaped discussion in this area, there is also a detailed bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

The approach is comparative and by topic. The essays range from discussion of colonial literatures through nationalism to the internationalization of literature, multiculturalism, writing by post-colonial women, and analysis of the literature of the native peoples of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Most of the essays discuss creative writers and critics, including V.S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Chinua Achebe, Vikram Seth, Fred D'Aguiar, Anita Desai, and Jamaica Kincaid.
Notes: Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bruce King; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New -- C.L. Innes; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New -- C.L. Innes -- Helen Tiffin; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New -- C.L. Innes -- Helen Tiffin -- Gareth Griffiths; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New -- C.L. Innes -- Helen Tiffin -- Gareth Griffiths -- Stephen Slemon; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New -- C.L. Innes -- Helen Tiffin -- Gareth Griffiths -- Stephen Slemon -- Chelva Kanaganayakam; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New -- C.L. Innes -- Helen Tiffin -- Gareth Griffiths -- Stephen Slemon -- Chelva Kanaganayakam -- Victor J. Ramraj; title: Bruce King -- Chantal Zabus -- J. Michael Dash -- Vinay Dharwadker -- Aritha van Herk -- W.H. New -- C.L. Innes -- Helen Tiffin -- Gareth Griffiths -- Stephen Slemon -- Chelva Kanaganayakam -- Victor J. Ramraj -- Ketu H. Katrak; title: Bruce King-- Chantal Zabus-- J. Michael Dash-- Vinay Dharwadker-- Aritha van Herk-- W.H. New-- C.L. Innes-- Helen Tiffin-- Gareth Griffiths-- Stephen Slemon-- Chelva Kanaganayakam-- Victor J. Ramraj-- Ketu H. Katrak-- Adam Shoemaker.