Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology / Edition 1

by Robert Ross

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815333203
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Series:	Reference Library of the Humanities Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	470
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 Colonial Encounters; Chapter 1 The Magistrate, J. M. Coetzee; Chapter 2 The Coming of the Christ-Child, Bessie Head; Chapter 3 The Sacrificial Egg, Chinua Achebe; Chapter 4 From The Matriarch, Witi Ihimaera; Chapter 5 The Woman at the Store, Katherine Mansfield; Chapter 6 The Drover’s Wife, Henry Lawson; Chapter 7 A Boer Wedding, Olive Schreiner; Chapter 8 A Matter of Taste, Alex La Guma; Chapter 9 The Gold Watch, Mulk Raj Anand; Chapter 10 A Letter from Home, Doris Lessing; Chapter 11 The Charlottetown Banquet, Robertson Davies; Chapter 12 A Drink in the Passage, Alan Paton; Part 2 Postcolonial Encounters; Chapter 13 “Do You Love Me?”, Peter Carey; Chapter 14 The Testimony of Kîhaahu wa Gatheeca, Ngugi wa Thiong’o; Chapter 15 The Perfume Sea, Margaret Laurence; Chapter 16 Chloe of the Dancing Bears, Thea Astley; Chapter 17 An Experience of India, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; Chapter 18 A Horse and Two Goats, R. K. Narayan; Chapter 19 The Hills, Patricia Grace; Chapter 20 From The Famished Road, Ben Okri; Chapter 21 Ranna’s Story, Bapsi Sidhwa; Chapter 22 Prelude: An Inheritance, V. S. Naipaul; Part 3 Immigrant Encounters; Chapter 23 Swimming Lessons, Rohinton Mistry; Chapter 24 Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni; Chapter 25 Buried Lives, Bharati Mukherjee; Chapter 26 The Ministry’s Visiting Day, Buchi Emecheta; Chapter 27 Joebell and America, Earl Lovelace; Chapter 28 My Son the Fanatic, Hanif Kureishi; Chapter 29 The Angel Azraeel, Salman Rushdie; Part 4 Personal Encounters; Chapter 30 Down at the Dump, Patrick White; Chapter 31 The Sun in Winter, David Malouf; Chapter 32 Scarlet Ibis, Margaret Atwood; Chapter 33 Pigeons at Daybreak, Anita Desai; Chapter 34 The Triumph of Poetry, Janet Frame; Chapter 35 Some are Born to Sweet Delight, Nadine Gordimer;