Nationalism, Colonialism, and Literature

By Terry Eagleton

Book Overview

The three essays constituting this volume were originally published as individual pamphlets by the Field Day Theatre Company, in Derry, Northern Ireland. Each deals with the question of nationalism and the role of cultural production as a force in understanding and analyzing the aftermath of colonization. The authors' diverse perspectives are demonstrated by the essays' respective titles: Eagleton, Nationalism: Irony and Commitment; Jameson, Modernism and Imperialism; and Said, Yeats and Decolonization. The essays have implication beyond their immediate topics, bearing upon questions of feminism, decolonization, and modernism to illuminate problems that belong to other groups and regions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816618631
• ISBN13: 9780816618637
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"