The Postcolonial Short Story :Contemporary Essays

The Postcolonial Short Story

The Postcolonial Short Story :Contemporary Essays

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Published: 23 October, 2012
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This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary criticism may be. Focusing on short fiction between 1975 and today – the period in which critical theory came to determine postcolonial studies – it argues for a sophisticated critique exemplified by the ambiguity of the form.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780230313385
ISBN10 0230313388
Number Of Pages 227
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Palgrave Macmillan
Format hardback
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Media Reviews

'...[A] rich, diverse and discerning collection of essays... a highly recommended collection to all those interested in postcolonialism, modernism, the short story and contemporary literature from colonial peripheries.' - Aurogeeta Das, Wasafiri

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Author's Bio

Shola Adenekan, Freelance Journalist, UK Lee Skallerup Bessette, Morehead State University, USA Antara Chatterjee, Lecturer, State University, West Bengal Barbara Cooke, University Of East Anglia, UK Helen Cousins, Newman University College, Birmingham, UK Ailsa Cox, Edge Hill University, UK Philip Holden, National University Of Singapore M. Catherine Jonet, New Mexico State University, USA Michelle Keown, University Of Edinburgh, UK Alex Padamsee, University Of Kent, UK Caroline Rooney, University Of Kent, UK

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