Postwar British Literature and Postcolonial Studies

Graham MacPhee

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2011

Postwar British Literature and Postcolonial Studies

Graham MacPhee

In the series Postcolonial Literary Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748647125

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About this book

Places literary developments within an expanded conception of the legacy of imperialism and decolonisation

This radical reassessment shows how, after the Second World War, British national identity and culture was shaped in ways that still operate today. As empires declined, globalisation spread, and literature responded to these influences.

As Graham MacPhee explains, postwar writers blended the experimentalism of prewar modernism with other cultural traditions. In this way, they reveal both the pain and the pleasures of multiculturalism, as they seek to cope with the shock of post-imperial downsizing.

Case studies include:

Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners
John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Linton Kwesi Johnson's Dread Beat an' Blood
Tony Harrison's V
Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day
Leila Aboulela's Minaret
Andrea Levy's Small Island
Ian McEwan's Saturday

Key Features

Explores concepts and critical terms such as 'British national literature', 'new ethnicities', 'migrancy', 'hybridity', 'Western hegemony' and 'globalisation'
Discusses a wide range of writers, from Auden, Orwell and T.S. Eliot to Philip Larkin and Tony Harrison
Resources for students and researchers include a timeline and suggestions for further reading

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Series Editors’ Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Timeline Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Rethinking the End of Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
2 Decolonising the Discipline Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
3 Rewriting the Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: June 8, 2011
ISBN: 9780748647125