Fictions of America - Narratives of Global Empire

Zusatztext 'As a collection of loosely connected essays informed by close textual anayses of a variety of literary works... it has to be lauded.' - Malini Schueller, Journal of American Studies Informationen zum Autor Judie Newman (Professor of American Studies, University of Nottingham, Fellow of the English Association) is the author of seven books on American and postcolonial literature, a past President of the British Association for American Studies, and recipient of the Arthur Miller Prize in American studies. Klappentext First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Looks at the ways in which India, China and Africa can be said to have underwritten American culture, how literature has been marketed globally, and how novelists have answered back to power with resistant fictions. This book provides a response to the questions raised by globalisation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The West Coast Offense Chapter One Red Letters : Hester Prynne in India and Arizona Chapter Two In the Missionary Position : Emily Prager in China Chapter Three Black Atlantic or Black Athena? Globalising the African American Story Chapter Four Local Life, Global Death : David Bradley's Surrogate Stories Chapter Five Going Global : from Danish postcolonial novel to world bestseller Chapter Six Southern Apes: McCarthy's Neotenous Killers Chapter Seven Priority Narratives : Bharati Mukherjee's Desirable Daughters Conclusion Notes

Product details

• Authors: Judie Newman, Judie (University of Nottingham Newman, Newman Judie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2007
• EAN: 9780415333832
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33383-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, North America, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature