Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature

Gina WISKER, John PECK and Martin COYLE

Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature

New York, Palgrave Macmillan

2007, 240 pages

Description :

This text provides an overview of the main themes, issues, and critical perspectives that have had the greatest effect on postcolonial literatures. Discussing the historical, cultural and contextual background that has affected postcolonial literatures and our reading of them, it contains selected work of some of the major writers from this period.

Author Bio:

Gina Wisker is Director of Learning and Teaching Development, and MA Women's Studies coordinator at Anglia Polytechnic University, where she also teaches English.

Table of contents:

General Editors' Preface * Short Introductory Essay * Chronology * Contexts: History, Politics, Culture * Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues * Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice * Bibliography * Index