Empire and poetic voice
Subtitle: cognitive and cultural studies of literary tradition and colonialism
By: Patrick Colm Hogan.
Series: SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Postcolonialism -- English-speaking countries.; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Imperialism in literature.; Colonies in literature.
Description: "In Empire and Poetic Voice Patrick Colm Hogan draws on a broad and detailed knowledge of Indian, African, and European literary cultures to explore the way colonized writers respond to the subtle and contradictory pressures of both metropolitan and indigenous traditions. He examines the work of two influential theorists of identity, Judith Butler and Homi Bhabha, and presents a revised evaluation of the important Nigerian critics, Chinweizu, Jemie, and Madubuike. In the process, he presents a novel theory of literary identity based equally on recent work in cognitive science and culture studies. This theory argues that literary and cultural traditions, like languages, are entirely personal and only appear to be a matter of groups due to our assertions of categorical identity, which are ultimately both false and dangerous."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-273) and index.