Discourses of empire and commonwealth /

"In Discourses of Empire and Commonwealth a range of prominent writers and critics reflect on the legacy of imperialism and the role of writers in forging a new, more cosmopolitan identity. The contributors, writing about a wide range of countries, affirm the freedom of the human spirit, even w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Robinson, Sandra (Associate Director of Cumberland Lodge) (Editor), Niven, Alastair (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:Cross/cultures.
Subjects:
Commonwealth literature (English) > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Postcolonialism > Commonwealth countries.
Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Postcolonialisme > Pays du Commonwealth.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Commonwealth literature (English)
Imperialism in literature
Postcolonialism
Commonwealth countries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Discourses of Empire and Commonwealth; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Caliban's Dream; ASPECTS OF COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE; Commonwealth Literature Studies: Writers versus Critics; Out the Box?; First Language: Yours, Mine, Ours; Cristóbal Colón/Cristoforo Colombo/ Christopher Columbus: What's in a Name? Translation and Politics in a Postcolonial World; Gitanjali 100 Years On: Tagore for Today and for the Future; Folk, Modern, Oriental, Dramatic or Communist: Translating Tagore into Hungarian; Tagore's Poetry: What It Can Teach Us; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL; Empire and Me: An Indian Testimony.
  • My Life Journey into the Empire of Nobodies, Rogues, "Peoples without History" and Associated History Wars: Origins of the Fatal Attraction of an Historian to 'Non-history'Growing Up in Malta and Empire Influence; The View from Elsewhere: Fiji; A Post-Imperial Life; The View from Elsewhere: Australia; Many Worlds, Many Selves; The View from Elsewhere: Egypt; ASPECTS OF EMPIRE; A Sweet, Just, Boyish Master: The Repressed Soul of the Empire-Man; Tagore, the Elmhirsts, and Dartington: Some Unexpected Educational Connections.
  • His Natural Life and Natural Rights: An Inquiry into Philosophical, Literary, and Legal ThemesCREATIVE WORKS; Cactus Town; A Season of Disillusion; Heaven's Edge; Interrogation; Notes on the Contributors and Editors; Index.

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