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The past century has witnessed the extraordinary flowering of fiction, poetry and drama from countries previously colonised by Britain, an output which has changed the map of English literature. This introduction, from a leading figure in the field, explores a wide range of Anglophone post-colonial writing from Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, India, Ireland and Britain. Lyn Innes compares the ways in which authors shape communal identities and interrogate the values and representations of peoples in newly independent nations. Placing its emphasis on literary rather than theoretical texts, this book offers detailed discussion of many internationally renowned authors, including James Joyce, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, Les Murray and Derek Walcott. It also includes historical surveys of the main countries discussed, a glossary, and biographical notes on major authors. Lyn Innes provides a rich and subtle guide to a vast array of authors and texts from a wide range of sites.
English literature --- Sociolinguistics --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- Thematology --- Sociology of literature --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Colonies in literature --- History and criticism --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Colonies in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Postcolonialisme --- Colonies --- Dans la littérature
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This book provides a detailed examination of the writings of Chinua Achebe, Africa's best-known and most widely-read author, shortlisted for the 1987 Booker Prize. Dr Innes studies his writings, lectures and activities chronologically, in the context of Nigerian culture and politics and their interaction with Western cultures and powers. Her analysis goes beyond that of previously published studies, to examine Achebe's short stories, essays and poetry, and his most recent publications, Anthills of the Savannah (1987) and Hopes and Impediments (1988). Particular emphasis is placed on Achebe's departure from European literary models to create a new kind of fiction which seeks to challenge the preconceptions of African and Western audiences alike, and which is of considerable literary and political significance. This study will be invaluable to readers of Achebe and to students and teachers of African literature and politics, and modern fiction.
African literature --- Achebe, Chinua --- Achebe, Albert Chinua --- Achebe, Chinualumogu Albert --- Ats'ebeh, Ts'inuʼa --- Acībī, Cinūā --- Achebe, Albert Chinualumogu --- אצ׳בה, צ׳ינוא --- أتشينى، شينوا --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Nigeria --- In literature. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics
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English literature --- English literature --- English literature --- Feminism and literature --- Literature and society --- Women and literature --- Nationalism --- Nationalism in literature --- Sex role in literature --- Irish authors --- History and criticism --- History and criticism --- History and criticism --- History --- History --- History --- History
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