An edition of The hybrid muse (2001)
The hybrid muse
postcolonial poetry in English
By Jahan Ramazani
Publish Date
2001
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
223
Description:
Postcolonial novelists such as Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul are widely celebrated, yet the achievements of these poets have been strangely neglected. This work argues that these poets have dramatically expanded the atlas of English literature.
subjects: History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Commonwealth poetry (English), English poetry, Postcolonialism in literature, Postcolonialism, English poetry, history and criticism, 20th century, Decolonization in literature, Critique et interprétation, Poésie du Commonwealth (anglaise), Histoire et critique, Poésie anglaise, Postcolonialisme, Décolonisation dans la littérature, Lyrik, Entkolonialisierung, Gedichten, Postkolonialisme, Omeros (Walcott, Derek), Commonwealth
People: A. K. Ramanujan (1929-), Derek Walcott, Louise Bennett (1919-), Okot p'Bitek (1931-), W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)
Places: Commonwealth countries, English-speaking countries
Times: 20th century