| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
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text file PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: poetics of the prosaic -- James Joyce and the banality of refusal -- Katherine Mansfield and the fragility of Pakeha boredom -- The dailiness of trauma and liberation in Zoe Wicomb -- Amit Chaudhuri and the materiality of the mundane -- Epilogue: The uneventful. |
| Summary |
Everyday life in the far outposts of empire can be static, empty of the excitement of progress. A pervading sense of banality and boredom are, therefore, common elements of the daily experience for people living on the colonial periphery. Saikat Majumdar suggests that this impoverished affective experience of colonial modernity significantly shapes the innovative aesthetics of modernist fiction. Prose of the World explores the global life of this narrative aesthetic, from late-colonial modernism to the present day, focusing on a writer each from Ireland (James Joyce), New Ze. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Commonwealth fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Commonwealth fiction (English) |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Banality (Philosophy) in literature.
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Banality (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Place (Philosophy) in literature.
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Place (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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Literature and society -- Commonwealth countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Commonwealth countries. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231156943 0231156944 (DLC) 2012014234 |
| ISBN |
0231527675 (electronic book) |
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9780231527675 (electronic book) |
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9781306834612 (MyiLibrary) |
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1306834619 |
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9780231156943 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0231156944 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/maju15694 |
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