Post colonial literatures: Achebe, Ngugi, Desai, Walcott

Material type: TextTextSeries: New CasebooksPublication details: London Macmillan 1995Description: ix, 288pISBN: 033360802XContained works: Parker, Michael, ed | Starkey, Roger, edSubject(s): Post colonialism- LiteratureDDC classification: 820.99171241 Summary: This collection of essays reflects the intensified debate world-wide in literary theories, especially since 1968, and the growth of post-colonial literatures in English, which together have prompted significant re-readings of cultural histories in Africa, India, the Caribbean, as well as in America and Europe. Post-Colonial 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'.
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Includes index.

This collection of essays reflects the intensified debate world-wide in literary theories, especially since 1968, and the growth of post-colonial literatures in English, which together have prompted significant re-readings of cultural histories in Africa, India, the Caribbean, as well as in America and Europe. Post-Colonial 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'.

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