The Cambridge Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English

by C.L. Innes

Book Overview

The past century has witnessed the extraordinary flowering of fiction, poetry and drama from countries previously colonised by Britain, an output which has changed the map of English literature. This introduction, from a leading figure in the field, explores a wide range of Anglophone post-colonial writing from Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, India, Ireland and Britain. Lyn Innes compares the ways in which authors shape communal identities and interrogate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521541018
• ISBN13: 9780521541015
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"