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The contributors to the present volume, in espousing and extending the programme of such writers as Edward Said, Benedict Anderson, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak, lay bare the genealogy of 'writing' empire (thereby, in a sense, ' un -writing' it). One focus is the Caribbean: the retrograde agenda of francophone crolit ; the re-writing of empire in the postmodern disengagement of Edouard Glissant; resistance to post-colonial allegiances, and the dissolving of binary categories, in contemporary West Indian writing. Essays on India, Malaysia, and Indonesia explore various aspects of cultural self-understanding in Asia: un-writing high culture through hybrid 'shopping' among Western styles; the use of indigenous oral forms to counter Western hegemony; romantic and anti-romantic attitudes towards empire and the land. A shift to Africa brings a study of Nadine Gordimer's feminist un-writing of Hemingway's masculinist colonising narrative, a searching analysis of Soyinka's restoration of ancient syncretic elements in his West African re-visions of Greek tragedy, changing evaluations of the validity of European civilization in Andr Gide's representations of Africa, and tensions of linguistic allegiance in Maghreb literature. North America, finally, is brought back into the imperial fold through discussions of Melville's re-writing of travel and captivity narratives to critique the mission of American empire, Leslie Marmon Silko's re-territorialization of expropriated Native American oral traditions, and Timothy Findley's representation of Canada's troubled involvement with its three shaping empires (French, British, American).

Comparative literature --- Thematology --- Imperialism in literature. --- Decolonization in literature.

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Literature --- Colonies in literature. --- Decolonization in literature. --- Indigenous peoples in literature. --- Literature, Modern --- History and criticism. --- Colonies in literature --- Decolonization in literature --- Indigenous peoples in literature --- -Academic collection --- Modern literature --- Arts, Modern --- History and criticism --- Developing Countries --- Emerging nations --- Fourth World --- Global South --- LDC's --- Least developed countries --- Less developed countries --- Newly industrialized countries --- Newly industrializing countries --- NICs (Newly industrialized countries) --- Third World --- Underdeveloped areas --- Underdeveloped countries --- In literature. --- Academic collection --- Developing countries --- Adivasis in literature --- Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism.

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The recent return of 'world literature' to the centre of literary studies has entailed an increased attention to non-European literatures, but in turn has also further marginalized Europe's smaller literatures. Dutch and Flemish Literature as World Literature shows how Dutch-language literature, from its very beginnings in the Middle Ages to the present, has not only always taken its cue from the 'major' literary traditions of Europe and beyond, but has also actively contributed to and influenced these traditions. The contributors to this book focus on key works and authors, providing a concise, yet highly readable, history of Dutch-language literature and demonstrating how this literature is anchored in world literature.

Dutch literature --- Flemish literature --- History and criticism --- E-books --- #KVHA:Vertaalwetenschap; Nederlands --- #KVHA:Letterkunde; Nederlands --- #KVHA:Literatuurgeschiedenis; Nederlands --- Dutch literature. --- Flemish literature. --- History and criticism. --- Dutch literature - History and criticism --- Flemish literature - History and criticism

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English language --- English literature --- 82.080 --- 82.080 Stilistiek --- Stilistiek --- Style --- History and criticism --- Linguistics --- Literary semiotics --- Literature --- Germanic languages

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