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"London was once the hub of an empire on which 'the sun never set.' After the Second World War, as Britain withdrew from most of its colonies, the city that once possessed the world began to contain a diasporic world that was increasingly taking possession of it. Drawing on postcolonial theories, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives from cultural geography, urban theory, history, and sociology, Imagining London examines representations of the English metropolis in Canadian, West Indian, Indian, and second generation 'black British' novels written in the last half of the twentieth century. It analyses the diverse ways in which London is experienced and portrayed as a transnational space by Commonwealth expatriates and migrants." "As the former 'heart of empire' and a contemporary 'world city, ' London metonymically represents the British Empire in two distinct ways. In the early years of decolonization, it was a primarily white city that symbolized imperial power and history. Over time, as migrants from former colonies have 'reinvaded the centre' and changed its demographic and cultural constitution, it has come to represent empire as a global microcosm and profoundly relational locale. John Clement Ball examines the work of more than twenty writers, including established authors such as Robertson Davies, Mordecai Richler, Jean Rhys, Sam Selvon, V.S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, and Salman Rushdie, and newer voices such as Catherine Bush, David Dabydeen, Amitav Ghosh, Hanit Kureishi, and Zadie Smith."--Jacket.

820 <100> --- Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Authors, Commonwealth --- Authors, English --- City and town life in literature. --- Commonwealth fiction (English) --- English fiction --- Immigrants in literature. --- Immigrants --- Immigrants' writings, English --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Postcolonialism --- Homes and haunts --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- London (England) --- Intellectual life --- In literature. --- 820 <100> Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Vie urbaine dans la littérature --- Roman du Commonwealth (anglais) --- Vie urbaine dans la littérature --- Authors, Commonwealth of Nations --- Commonwealth authors --- English literature --- Commonwealth of Nations fiction (English) --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- Commonwealth of Nations authors --- City and town life in literature --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Postcolonialisme dans la littérature --- Roman anglais --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Londres (Angleterre) --- In literature --- Dans la littérature --- LONDRES (GRANDE-BRETAGNE) DANS LA LITTERATURE --- VIE URBAINE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- Postcolonialisme --- LITTERATURE DU COMMONWEALTH --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- Dans la littérature --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- 20E SIECLE

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Satire plays a prominent and often controversial role in postcolonial fiction. Satire and the Postcolonial Novel offers the first study of this topic, employing the insights of postcolonial comparative theories to revisit Western formulations of ""satire"" and the ""satiric.""

Satire, English --- Commonwealth fiction (English) --- English fiction --- Postcolonialism --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Naipaul, V. S. --- Achebe, Chinua --- Rushdie, Salman --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Rushdī, Salmān --- Rüşdı̂, Salman --- Ruždi, Salman --- Salamāna Raśdī --- Raśdī, Salamāna --- Рушди, Салман --- רושדי, סלמאן --- רושדי, סלמן --- رشدى، سلمان --- Anton, Joseph --- Achebe, Albert Chinua --- Achebe, Chinualumogu Albert --- Ats'ebeh, Ts'inuʼa --- Acībī, Cinūā --- Achebe, Albert Chinualumogu --- אצ׳בה, צ׳ינוא --- أتشينى، شينوا --- Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad, --- Naĭpol, V. S., --- נאיפול, ו. ס. --- Naipaul, Vidiadhar S. --- 820-7 --- Engelse literatuur: humor satire --- 820-7 Engelse literatuur: humor satire --- Naipaul, V.S. --- Naĭpol, Vidiadkhar Suradzhprasad, --- Найпол, В. С., --- Найпол, Видиадхар Сураджпрасад, --- Postcolonialism in literature --- 820-7 Engelse literatuur: humor; satire --- Engelse literatuur: humor; satire --- History and criticism --- English literature --- Thematology --- Naĭpol, V. S. --- SATIRE ANGLAISE --- ROMAN DU COMMONWEALTH --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- NAIPAUL (VIDIADHAR SURAJPRASAD), 1932 --- -ACHEBE (CHINUA), 1930 --- -RUSHDIE (SALMAN), 1947 --- -POSTCOLONIALISME --- Postcolonialisme --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- 20E SIECLE --- PAYS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- Dans la littérature