The Cambridge Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English

The past 100 years have witnessed the extraordinary flowering of fictionpoetry and drama from countries previously colonised by Britain an outputwhich has chang... » 

The past 100 years have witnessed the extraordinary flowering of fictionpoetry and drama from countries previously colonised by Britain an outputwhich has changed the map of English literature. This book introduces a widerange of Anglophone postcolonial writing from Africa Australia theCaribbean India Ireland and Britain as well as other areas. Unlike mostprevious studies of postcolonial literature this book places its emphasis onthe literary texts rather than the theoretical ones. It offers detaileddiscussion of texts by many internationally renowned authors including ChinuaAchebe from Nigeria James Joyce from Ireland Salman Rushdie from India LesMurray from Australia and Derek Walcott from the Caribbean. It also includesbrief historical surveys of the main areas discussed a glossary of terms andbiographical notes on major authors. «