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The Commonwealth Novel since 1960

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  • Dec 2013

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Editors:
  1. Bruce King
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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction: Circumference as Centre

      • Bruce King
      Pages 1-15

  3. National and Regional Literatures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Australia

      • Michael Wilding
      Pages 19-32

    3. Canada

      • Leslie Monkman
      Pages 33-49

    4. East Africa

      • Jacqueline Bardolph
      Pages 50-65

    5. India

      • Syd Harrex
      Pages 66-86

    6. Malaysia and Singapore

      • Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
      Pages 87-104

    7. New Zealand

      • Roger Robinson
      Pages 105-119

    8. Oceania

      • Patrick Morrow
      Pages 120-124

    9. South Africa

      • Kirsten Holst Petersen
      Pages 125-141

    10. Sri Lanka

      • Rajiva Wijesinha
      Pages 142-146

    11. West Africa

      • Kofi Owusu
      Pages 147-165

    12. The West Indies

      • Frank Birbalsingh
      Pages 166-182

  4. Movements and Directions Comparative Essays

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. The Novel As National Epic: Wilson Harris, Salman Rushdie, Keri Hulme

      • Mark Williams
      Pages 185-197

    3. Contracts with the World: Redefining Home, Identity and Community in Aidoo, Brodber, Garner and Rule

      • Diana Brydon
      Pages 198-215

    4. Post-Modernism: Homesick for Homesickness

      • Aritha Van Herk
      Pages 216-230

    5. Restoring Broken Houses: The Indigenous Novelists

      • Nan Bowman Albinski
      Pages 231-246

    6. Home Truths: Regional Fiction

      • Craig Tapping
      Pages 247-262
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About this book

The Commonwealth Novel since 1960 is the first survey of the new English literatures for over a decade. There are essays, by an international body of writers and critics. There are also comparative essays on indigenous novelists, post modernism, feminist novelists, the novel as national epic and regionalism in the post modern era. Bruce King's introduction discusses changes in the Commonwealth novel and its contexts over recent decades and the causes for the new popularity of post-colonial literature among readers and critics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Commonwealth Novel since 1960

  • Editors: Bruce King

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-64112-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-48740-2Published: 02 October 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-08649-5Due: 14 January 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 268

  • Topics: Econometrics, Feminism

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