Modernist Literature and Postcolonial Studies

Informationen zum Autor Rajeev S. PATKE studied in Pune and Oxford. He has taught at the National University of Singapore, and is currently Director of the Division of Humanities at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Klappentext This book provides a fresh account of modernist writing in a perspective based on the reading strategies developed by postcolonial studies. Zusammenfassung This book provides a fresh account of modernist writing in a perspective based on the reading strategies developed by postcolonial studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Timeline; Outline; Chapter 1: Introductory Survey; 1.1 Becoming 'modern'; 1.2 'Modern' in a postcolonial perspective; 1.3 'Otherness' and the modernist imagination; Chapter 2: Three Debates; 2.1 Modernist literature and the Left; 2.2 Modernist literature and the Right; 2.3 Modernist literature and race; Chapter 3: Case Studies; 3.1 Modernism and gender; 3.2 Modernist allegory; 3.3 Modernism and faith; Bibliography; Suggested Reading; Index.

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• Autori: Rajeev Patke, Rajeev S Patke, Rajeev S. Patke, Rajeev S. (Director of the Division of Huma Patke, Rajeev S Patke, Rajeev S. Patke
• Editore: Edinburgh University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.05.2013
• EAN: 9780748639939
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-3993-9
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Postcolonial Literary Studies; Postcolonial Literary Studies
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese