Maps of Empire: A Topography of World Literature

Kyle Wanberg

Published by University of Toronto Press 2020

Maps of Empire

A Topography of World Literature

Kyle Wanberg

In the series Cultural Spaces

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487534943

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About this book

Maps of Empire examines how literature was affected by the decay and break up of old models of imperial administration in the mid-twentieth century.

Author / Editor information

Wanberg Kyle :

Kyle Wanberg is a clinical associate professor in Global Liberal Studies at New York University.

Reviews

Michael Beard, Department of English, University of North Dakota:

"Maps of Empire sets the bar very high. The scope and density of the textual apparatus is admirable, wide-ranging, accurate, and meticulous."

Djelal Kadir, Department of Comparative Literature, The Pennsylvania State University:

"Conscientious, insightful, and highly original, Maps of Empire brings into conjunction diverse works from around the world and brings into sharp focus key tenets of the current critical and scholarly debates. Maps of Empire makes a significant contribution to global literary studies through an examination of authors, texts, and performative traditions that remain under-studied and outside the purview of literary pedagogy."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Cartography and the Space of World Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. A Portmanteau of the Nation in Imīl Habībī’s The Pessoptimist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
2. The Literary Space of Authority in Camara Laye’s Le Regard du roi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3. Imperial Palimpsest or Exquisite Corpse: Yambo Ouologuem’s Le Devoir de violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4. Disorientation and Horror in Sadeq Hedayat’s The Blind Owl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
5. Orality and the Space of Translation in the Pima Ant Songs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Afterword: Decolonizing Literary Space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Cultural Spaces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Illustrations
- Other: 2 b&w illustrations
Keywords: world literature; comparative literature; postcolonialism; colonialism; imperialism; cartography; literary space; decolonization; authority; orality; pastiche; topography; empire; global literature; maps

eBook

Published: June 23, 2020
ISBN: 9781487534943