The empire writes back

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"The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of post-colonial writing in cultures as various as India, Australia, the West Indies and Canada, and has challenged both the traditional canon and dominant ideas of literature and culture. The Empire Writes Back was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial culture, and remains one of the most significant works published in this field. The authors, three leading figures in post-colonial studies, open up debates about the interrelationships of post-colonial literatures, investigate the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text, and show how these texts constitute a radical critique of Eurocentric notions of literature and language."--Publisher description.

subjects: History and criticism,  Postcolonialism,  Colonies in literature,  English literature,  Commonwealth literature (English),  Postcolonialism in literature,  Decolonization in literature,  English literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise),  Histoire et critique,  Littérature anglaise,  Décolonisation dans la littérature,  Colonies dans la littérature,  Postcolonialisme,  Postcolonialisme dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Postkoloniale Literatur,  Engels,  Letterkunde,  Kolonialisme,  Postkolonialisme,  Postkolonialism,  Postkolonialism i litteraturen,  Commonwealth,  In literature,  Commonwealth of Nations,  Commonwealth of Nations in literature

Places: English-speaking countries,  Commonwealth countries

Times: 20th century