Prose of the world : modernism and the banality of empire /

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Everyday life in the far outposts of empire can be static, empty of the excitement of progress. A pervading sense of banality and boredom are, therefore, common elements of the daily experience for people living on the colonial periphery. Saikat Majumdar suggests that this impoverished affective exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Majumdar, Saikat
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013.
Temas:
1900-1999
Commonwealth fiction (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Banality (Philosophy) in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Literature and society > Commonwealth countries > History > 20th century.
Roman du Commonwealth (anglais) > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Banalité (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Narration.
Littérature et société > Pays du Commonwealth > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Banality (Philosophy) in literature
Commonwealth fiction (English)
Literature and society
Place (Philosophy) in literature
Commonwealth countries
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: poetics of the prosaic
  • James Joyce and the banality of refusal
  • Katherine Mansfield and the fragility of Pakeha boredom
  • The dailiness of trauma and liberation in Zoe Wicomb
  • Amit Chaudhuri and the materiality of the mundane
  • Epilogue: The uneventful.

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