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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Cross/Cultures ; Volume 192
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Cross/cultures.
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| Summary |
"In Discourses of Empire and Commonwealth a range of prominent writers and critics reflect on the legacy of imperialism and the role of writers in forging a new, more cosmopolitan identity. The contributors, writing about a wide range of countries, affirm the freedom of the human spirit, even within unjust or oppressive social systems. They show the power of words to illuminate injustices and unite different peoples. Salman Rushdie famously declared that Commonwealth Literature has had its day: this book provides a vital antidote to this idea. Editors Sandra Robinson and Alastair Niven have put together this mixture of personal reflections, critical overviews, historical re-evaluations and creative works to illustrate the vitality of this genre."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Discourses of Empire and Commonwealth; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Caliban's Dream; ASPECTS OF COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE; Commonwealth Literature Studies: Writers versus Critics; Out the Box?; First Language: Yours, Mine, Ours; Cristóbal Colón/Cristoforo Colombo/ Christopher Columbus: What's in a Name? Translation and Politics in a Postcolonial World; Gitanjali 100 Years On: Tagore for Today and for the Future; Folk, Modern, Oriental, Dramatic or Communist: Translating Tagore into Hungarian; Tagore's Poetry: What It Can Teach Us; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL; Empire and Me: An Indian Testimony. |
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My Life Journey into the Empire of Nobodies, Rogues, "Peoples without History" and Associated History Wars: Origins of the Fatal Attraction of an Historian to 'Non-history'Growing Up in Malta and Empire Influence; The View from Elsewhere: Fiji; A Post-Imperial Life; The View from Elsewhere: Australia; Many Worlds, Many Selves; The View from Elsewhere: Egypt; ASPECTS OF EMPIRE; A Sweet, Just, Boyish Master: The Repressed Soul of the Empire-Man; Tagore, the Elmhirsts, and Dartington: Some Unexpected Educational Connections. |
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His Natural Life and Natural Rights: An Inquiry into Philosophical, Literary, and Legal ThemesCREATIVE WORKS; Cactus Town; A Season of Disillusion; Heaven's Edge; Interrogation; Notes on the Contributors and Editors; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism.
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Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Imperialism in literature.
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Imperialism in literature. |
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Postcolonialism -- Commonwealth countries.
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Postcolonialism. |
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Commonwealth countries. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Robinson, Sandra (Associate Director of Cumberland Lodge), editor.
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Niven, Alastair, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Discourses of empire and commonwealth. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004322776 (DLC) 2016041634 |
| ISBN |
900433596X |
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9789004335967 (electronic book) |
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9789004322776 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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9004322779 |
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