Postcolonial Criticism
History, Theory and the Work of Fiction
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Word Count
58,000 words, Guess
Page Count
232 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7956191M
- ISBN-139780745621821
- ISBN-100745621821
- OCLC Control Number50124511
- OCLC Control Numberpostcolonialcrit0000harr
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002010495
- LibraryThing4812189
- Goodreads1078366
Classifications
- LCCPN849.U43 H37 2003
Description
"In this book, Harrison sheds new light on what is actually at issue in postcolonial criticism. Focusing on a series of major works, from Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Djebar's autobiography, the book draws on and elucidates a wide range of theoretical and critical work. To students unfamiliar with postcolonial criticism it offers a way into the field via key issues and specific examples rather than abstract theoretical summary, while for those already working in the area it raises crucial questions about the very basis of postcolonial critical practice." "Postcolonial Criticism is a major intervention in the field of postcolonial studies which reexamines critical suppositions about reading and representation, and which calls into question established notions about the relations between literature and colonialism."--Jacket.
First Sentence
At the time that Heart of Darkness was written much of the Congo region was effectively the personal property of Leopold II, king of Belgium from 1865 to 1909.
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