Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English An Anthology

Name: Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780815333203

ISBN-10: 081533320X

ISBN-13: 9780815333203

Edition: 1999 (Reprint)

Authors: Robert Ross, Patrick White, David Malouf, Margaret Atwood, Anita Desai

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Fiction from the old British Commonwealth once took second place to the literature of England and the United States, but his is no longer the case. Writers from around the globe-Africa, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, and the Caribbean-have recorded their encounters with colonialism from its beginnings to its collapse and aftermath to produce an impressive body of work that internationalizes literature in English. Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in Englishdraws from this great common wealth of writing of offer 35 selections by major writers from both indigenous and settler cultures, from the nineteenth century through the contemporary era. The anthology is organized into sets of…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 468
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.02" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

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Introduction



Colonial Encounters


The Magistrate, from Waiting for the Barbarians



The Coming of the Christ-Child



The Sacrificial Egg



from The Matriarch



The Woman at the Store



The Drover's Wife



A Boer Wedding, from The Story of an African Farm



A Matter of Taste



The Gold Watch



A Letter from Home



The Charlottetown Banquet



A Drink in the Passage




Postcolonial Encounters


"Do You Love Me?"



The Testimony of Kihaahu wa Gatheeca, from Devil on the Cross



The Perfume Sea



Chloe of the Dancing Bears, from Beachmasters



An Experience of India



A Horse and Two Goats



The Hills



from The Famished Road



Ranna's Story, from Cracking India



Prelude: An Inheritance, from A Way in the World




Immigrant Encounters


Swimming Lessons



Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs



Buried Lives



The Ministry's Visiting Day, from In the Ditch



Joebell and America



My Son the Fanatic



The Angel Azraeel, from The Satanic Verses




Personal Encounters


Down at the Dump



The Sun in Winter



Scarlet Ibis



Pigeons at Daybreak



The Triumph of Poetry



Some Are Born to Sweet Delight