Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature

ISBN-13: 9781403944481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 264 str.

Gina Wisker

Opis

Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature provides an overview of the main themes, issues and critical perspectives that have had the greatest effect on postcolonial literatures. Discussing historical, cultural and contextual background, it contains selected work of some of the major writers from this period.

Spis treści

General Editors' Preface.- Short Introductory Essay.- Contexts: History, Politics, Culture.- Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues.- Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice.- Chronology.- Index.

O autorze

GINA WISKER is Director of Learning and Teaching Development, and MA Women's Studies Co-ordinator at Anglia Polytechnic University, UK, where she also teaches English. She is author of a number of books and articles including The Postgraduate Research Handbook, and is co-editor and committee chair of the SEDA journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International.