The Hybrid Muse: Postcolonial Poetry in English

by Jahan Ramazani and Professor Jahan Ramazani

Book Overview

In recent decades, much of the most vital literature written in English has come from the former colonies of Great Britain. But while postcolonial novelists such as Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, and V. S. Naipaul have been widely celebrated, the achievements of postcolonial poets have been strangely neglected.

In The Hybrid Muse, Jahan Ramazani argues that postcolonial poets have also dramatically expanded the atlas of literature in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226703436
• ISBN13: 9780226703435
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 7.9"