Prose of the World - Modernism and the Banality of Empire

Informationen zum Autor Saikat Majumdar is an assistant professor of English at Stanford University and the author of a novel! Silverfish. Klappentext 'Prose of the World' explores the global life of the banality of Empire. From late-colonial modernism to the present day! he looks at writers from all over the world to expose the everyday life of those abroad. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Poetics of the Prosaic1. James Joyce and the Banality of Refusal2. Katherine Mansfield and the Fragility of Pakeha Boredom3. The Dailiness of Trauma and Liberation in Zoe Wicomb 4. Amit Chaudhuri and the Materiality of the MundaneEpilogue: The UneventfulAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Majumdar, Saikat Majumdar, Saikat (Assistant Professor Majumdar, Majumdar Saikat
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.01.2013
• EAN: 9780231156943
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15694-3
• Pagine: 248
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Language: reference & general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary Criticism