Realism, Form and the Postcolonial Novel

Zusatztext "Exploring a truly timely topic! Nicholas Robinette's analysis intercedes in a set of conversations about the relation between form and politics in 20th century Anglophone literature! with particular attention to what we now call literatures of the Global South. Scholars of postcolonial studies will greatly benefit from Robinette's insightful and important intervention." - Susan Z. Andrade! Associate Professor of English! University of Pittsburgh! USA Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Robinette is Assistant Professor of English at Quinnipac University, USA. Klappentext Confronted with apartheid, dictatorship or the sheer scale of global economics, realism can no longer function with the certainties of the nineteenth century. Free Realist Style considers how the style of the realist novel changes as its epistemological horizons narrow. Zusammenfassung Confronted with apartheid! dictatorship or the sheer scale of global economics! realism can no longer function with the certainties of the nineteenth century. Free Realist Style considers how the style of the realist novel changes as its epistemological horizons narrow. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Form of Emergence: George Lamming's The Emigrants 2. Dionysius' Ear: Nuruddin Farah's Sweet and Sour Milk 3. The Transparent State: Zoë Wicomb's You Can't Get Lost in Capetown

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Introduction 1. The Form of Emergence: George Lamming's The Emigrants 2. Dionysius' Ear: Nuruddin Farah's Sweet and Sour Milk 3. The Transparent State: Zoë Wicomb's You Can't Get Lost in Capetown

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"Exploring a truly timely topic, Nicholas Robinette's analysis intercedes in a set of conversations about the relation between form and politics in 20th century Anglophone literature, with particular attention to what we now call literatures of the Global South. Scholars of postcolonial studies will greatly benefit from Robinette's insightful and important intervention." - Susan Z. Andrade, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh, USA

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• Authors: Jaroslav Krejci, N Robinette, N. Robinette, Nicholas Robinette, Nicholas Krejci Robinette
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2014
• EAN: 9781137456083
• ISBN: 978-1-137-45608-3
• No. of pages: 87
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, World Literature, Culture—Study and teaching, Poetry and Poetics, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Postcolonial/World Literature, America—Literatures, North American Literature, migrant;novel;realism