Postcolonial Settings In The Fiction Of James Clarence Mangan Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu And Bram Stoker

Author : Richard Jorge
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031403910

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Postcolonial Settings in the Fiction of James Clarence Mangan, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker by Richard Jorge Pdf

This book explores how three Anglo-Irish writers, J.C. Mangan, J.S. Le Fanu and Bram Stoker, use settings in their short fictions to recreate, depict and confront Ireland’s colonial situation in the nineteenth century. This study provides an innovative approach by targeting a genre (the short story) which has not been explored in its entirety— certainly not within nineteenth century Ireland - much less using a postcolonial approach to the short story. Added to this is the fact that it analyses how these writers used settings as an anticolonial tool. To do so, the book is divided into two major sections, an analysis of Irish settings and non-Irish ones. It works on the premise that all three writers used the idea of displacement to target colonialism and its effects on Irish society. In short, this book addresses a gap in scholarship, as the Irish Gothic short story as a decolonizing tool has not been sufficiently and globally studied.

Author : Terry Collits
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781134253234

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Postcolonial Conrad by Terry Collits Pdf

Winner of the 2006 NSW Prize for Literary Scholarship. The work of Joseph Conrad has been read so disparately that it is tempting to talk of many different Conrads. One lasting impression however, is that his colonial novels, which record encounters between Europe and Europe’s ‘Other’, are highly significant for the field of post-colonial studies. Drawing on many years of research and a rich body of criticism, Postcolonial Conrad not only presents fresh readings of his novels of imperialism, but also maps and analyzes the interpretative tradition they have generated. Terry Collits first examines the reception of the author’s work in terms of the history of ideas, literary criticism, traditions of ‘Englishness’, Marxism and post-colonialism, before re-reading Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo and Victory in greater depth. Collits’ incisive and wide-ranging volume provides a much needed reconsideration of more than a century of criticism, discussing the many different perspectives born of constantly shifting contexts. Most importantly though, the book encourages and equips us for twenty-first criticism, where we must ask anew how we might read and understand these crucial and fascinating novels.

Author : Gail Fincham,Myrtle Hooper
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0799216488

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Under Postcolonial Eyes by Gail Fincham,Myrtle Hooper Pdf

Author : Robert Ross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136513367

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Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English by Robert Ross Pdf

Fiction from the old British Commonwealth once took second place to the literature of England and the United States, but his is no longer the case. Writers from around the globe-Africa, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, and the Caribbean-have recorded their encounters with colonialism from its beginnings to its collapse and aftermath to produce an impressive body of work that internationalizes literature in English. Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English draws from this great common wealth of writing of offer 35 selections by major writers from both indigenous and settler cultures, from the nineteenth century through the contemporary era. The anthology is organized into sets of short stories and stand-alone selections from significant novels; colonial, postcolonial, immigrant, and personal encounters are represented. Each section includes a general introduction to help readers place the works in historical and cultural perspective. Biographical and critical material is provided for each writer, along with commentary on each selection. This anthology is an appropriate textbook for courses in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies and in Literature and Cultural Studies. It will also interest general readers.

Author : Phillip Darby
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015041912752

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The Fiction of Imperialism by Phillip Darby Pdf

This book examines a range of fiction and criticism as it pertains to colonialism, the North/South engagement and contemporary Third World politics.The Fiction of Imperialism attempts to promote dialogue between international relations and postcolonialism. It addresses the value of fiction to an understanding of the imperial relationship between the West and Asia and Africa. A wide range of fiction and criticism is examined as it pertains to colonialism, in North/South engagement and contemporary Third World politics.The book begins by contrasting the treatment of cross-cultural relations in political studies and literary texts. It then examines the personal as a metaphor for the political in fiction depicting the imperial connection between Britain and India. This is paired with an analysis of African literary texts which takes as its theme the relationship between culture and politics. The concluding chapters approach literature from the outside, considering its apparent silence on economics and realpolitik, and assessing the utility of postcolonial reconceptualization.-- Renewal of interest in imperialism and literary texts about imperialism-- Examines a range of fiction and criticism as it pertains to colonialism, the North/South engagement and contemporary Third World politics.-- First volume in a new series which deals with the differences between culture and politics as well as in ways of seeing and the sources that can be drawn on.

Author : Om Prakash Juneja
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015038529593

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Post Colonial Novel by Om Prakash Juneja Pdf

Author : Dean R. Baldwin,Patrick J. Quinn
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122859619

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An Anthology of Colonial and Postcolonial Short Fiction by Dean R. Baldwin,Patrick J. Quinn Pdf

Focusing on short stories from both the former British colonies and Great Britain itself, An Anthology of Colonial and Postcolonial Short Fiction presents a fascinating cross-section of writing in English, a literature politicized by the experience of colonization. Great short stories from Ireland, Canada, the Caribbean, India, Pakistan, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand demonstrate the diversity of the postcolonial experience around the world from the late nineteenth century to the present. Also including rich background materials and thorough explanatory footnotes to help students read these stories with an informed eye, this anthology is a must for any student interested in world literature in general and postcolonial literature in particular. Book jacket.

Author : Chidi Okonkwo
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0312220685

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Decolonization Agonistics in Postcolonial Fiction by Chidi Okonkwo Pdf

"Decolonization Agonistics in Postcolonial Fiction challenges the prevailing western-originated concepts of postcoloniality and postcolonial cultural/literary theory on the grounds that behind their fashionable emancipatory rhetoric, they actually submerge Third World anti-colonialist writing under Western strategic calculations for the post-cold war era. In place of the homogenizing approach which lumps together all the world's literature outside the male-authored texts of the major European powers, it introduces important distinctions between the literature of Europe's temporarily disadvantaged insiders, the imperial-outpost literatures of the European diaspora in the Americas and Australasia, and the decolonization literatures of third-world peoples and ethnic minorities which constitute the West's third-world underbellies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Janine Evangelista
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3668656940

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Joseph Conrad's Short Story "An Outpost of Progress". A (post-)colonial Gothic Reading by Janine Evangelista Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, language: English, abstract: At first sight, postcolonial theories and Gothic writing appear to have barely features in common. On the one hand, Gothic as a genre flourished with Horace Walpole's novel The Castle of Otranto in 1764, which celebrated irrationality and explored "feelings, desires and passions which compromised the Enlightenment project of rationally calibrating all forms of knowledge and behaviours" (Smith and Hughes 1). In the succeeding decades, numerous writers trail Walpole by publishing their individual Gothic novels, e.g. Matthew Gregory Lewis' The Monk, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus. On the other hand, studies in colonialist discourse contemplate colonialisation and its aftermath on individuals, communities and cultures, emerging in the late 1970s as essence of literary criticism. Although both genres appear to focus on antithetic research domains considering time references as well as contexts, they still share their enthusiasm in questioning conceptions of rationality. Therefore, both study areas challenge issues, of which humans are incapable to explain. Thereby, the creation of an 'Other' is crucial. On the one hand, postcolonial and colonial domains challenge and attempt at standing reason for the clash of cultures with which colonisers and colonised people are confronted. On the other hand, emphasising the idea of transgression, Gothic fiction inhabits images of the Other as well, illustrating anew the impossibility for explanation. Joseph Conrad published his short story "An Outpost of Progress" in 1897 and collected it to his work Tales of Unrest in 1898. "An Outpost of Progress" has become subject to crucial criticism of imperialism, colonialisation and civilisation, by describing the story of two white men, Kayerts and Carlier, who are in charge of a trading post i

Author : Anna Rutherford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015020742097

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From Commonwealth to Post-colonial by Anna Rutherford Pdf

Author : Elleke Boehmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-14
Category : English literature
ISBN : 0195685296

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Colonial And Postcolonial Literature 2E by Elleke Boehmer Pdf

Author : Jane Lydon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108498364

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Imperial Emotions by Jane Lydon Pdf

Examines the politicisation of empathy across the British empire during the nineteenth century and traces its legacies into the present.

Author : Heather Ingman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139474122

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A History of the Irish Short Story by Heather Ingman Pdf

Though the short story is often regarded as central to the Irish canon, this text was the first comprehensive study of the genre for many years. Heather Ingman traces the development of the modern short story in Ireland from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the present day. Her study analyses the material circumstances surrounding publication, examining the role of magazines and editors in shaping the form. Ingman incorporates recent critical thinking on the short story, traces international connections, and gives a central part to Irish women's short stories. Each chapter concludes with a detailed analysis of key stories from the period discussed, featuring Joyce, Edna O'Brien and John McGahern, among others. With its comprehensive bibliography and biographies of authors, this volume will be a key work of reference for scholars and students both of Irish fiction and of the modern short story as a genre.

Author : Jarlath Killeen
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748690817

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Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction by Jarlath Killeen Pdf

Provides a new account of the emergence of Irish gothic fiction in mid-eighteenth century This book provides a robustly theorised and thoroughly historicised account of the 'beginnings' of Irish gothic fiction, maps the theoretical terrain covered by other critics, and puts forward a new history of the emergence of the genre in Ireland. The main argument the book makes is that the Irish gothic should be read in the context of the split in Irish Anglican public opinion that opened in the 1750s, and seen as a fictional instrument of liberal Anglican opinion in a changing political landscape. By providing a fully historicized account of the beginnings of the genre in Ireland, the book also addresses the theoretical controversies that have bedevilled discussion of the Irish gothic in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The book gives ample space to the critical debate, and rigorously defends a reading of the Irish gothic as an Anglican, Patriot tradition. This reading demonstrates the connections between little-known Irish gothic fictions of the mid-eighteenth century (The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and Longsword), and the Irish gothic tradition more generally, and also the gothic as a genre of global significance.

Author : Terry Eagleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : IND:30000092778962

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Saint Oscar by Terry Eagleton Pdf

Provoked by Eagleton's astonishment that his own Oxford,students appeared not to know that Wilde was Irish,and refined as it toured Ireland during the height of the,Troubles, Saint Oscar combines sexual, national and,class politics with an irresistible humour.