In the field of postcolonial studies, the full richness and complexity of the connections between literature, history and ideology are often overlooked by critics hurrying to stake out their political positions. As a result, many arguments are built on unjustified assumptions about the sort of work that literature -- and criticism -- can and cannot do.


In this important and timely book, Harrison sheds new light on what is actually at issue in postcolonial criticism. Focusing on a series of major works, from Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Djebar's autobiography, via Camus's...

In many thriving areas of critical activity, critics have come to view with suspicion such notions as literary specificity or literary autonomy, and perhaps even literature. Critics in fields such as postcolonial studies, queer theory and feminist theory have re-examined--and attacked--the groundings of a traditional literary canon, and have raised questions about the basis and benefits of literary study. These intellectual shifts have taken place in a political and institutional context where those studying and teaching literature have repeatedly come under pressure to justify their...

Little Tilly Teacup lived in the city and had never heard about the things in the country, until her uncle Willy Teacup came for a visit. Little Tilly Teacup was so excited about all she had heard about country life from her uncle that she wanted to go live there and experience it for herself. Read about Little Teacup's visit and share her adventures with her. The Adventures of Little Tilly Teacup is the first book of a series.