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Post-Colonial Theory and English Literature : A Reader /

Unlike other readers, this book takes eight important literary texts and provides some of the most significant post-colonial readings of them published in the last fifteen years. Topics include cannibalism, slavery, the harem, missionary work, gender, nationalism and the Rushdie affair. The book off...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Childs, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Colonial History, National Identity and 'English' Literature
  • 1. William Shakespeare: The Tempest
  • 2. Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe
  • 3. Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
  • 4. Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
  • 5. Rudyard Kipling: Kim
  • 6. James Joyce: Ulysses
  • 7. E. M. Forster: A Passage to India
  • COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INDEX OF NAMES