Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature
Author | : R. Spencer |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2011-04-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230305908 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230305903 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature by : R. Spencer
Download or read book Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature written by R. Spencer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Via readings of novels by J.M. Coetzee, Timothy Mo and Salman Rushdie and the later poetry of W.B. Yeats, this book reveals how postcolonial writing can encourage the enlarged sense of moral and political responsibility needed to supplant ongoing forms of imperial violence with cosmopolitan institutions, relationships and ways of thinking.