Critique and utopia in postcolonial historical fiction : Atlantic and other worlds /
This bold and ambitious volume argues that postcolonial historical fiction offers readers valuable resources for thinking about history and the relationship between past and present. It shows how the genre's treatment of colonialism illustrates continuities between the colonial era and our own...
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2019. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
This bold and ambitious volume argues that postcolonial historical fiction offers readers valuable resources for thinking about history and the relationship between past and present. It shows how the genre's treatment of colonialism illustrates continuities between the colonial era and our own and how the genre distils from our colonial pasts the evanescent, utopian intimations of a properly postcolonial future. Critique and Utopia in Postcolonial Historical Fiction' arrives at these insights by juxtaposing novels from the Atlantic world with books from the Indian subcontinent. Attending to |
Carrier Form: | viii, 227 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780198830436 0198830432 |
Index Number: | PN56 |
CLC: | I106.4 |
Call Number: | I106.4/F737 |