Telling the Other : The Question of Value in Modern and Postcolonial Writing /
In this provocative and illuminating book, Patrick McGee looks at the ways in which certain texts resist the dominant cultural assumptions that condition their writing and reception. Challenging received notions of aesthetic and social value, he offers readings of modernist, postmodernist, and postc...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2019]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Sumario: | In this provocative and illuminating book, Patrick McGee looks at the ways in which certain texts resist the dominant cultural assumptions that condition their writing and reception. Challenging received notions of aesthetic and social value, he offers readings of modernist, postmodernist, and postcolonial works that suggest forms of relationship which disrupt social systems and institutional hierarchies. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
ISBN: | 9781501737183 9783110536171 |
Acceso: | restricted access |